In 1970, when this song was first released, I was 14. I don’t think I could’ve related to the sentiment or handled the emotional intensity at that age.
What? Sure you could’ve. You didn’t get your heart broken when you were a freshman in highschool like so many of us did? It was and is a part of growing up and life. The love songs I listened to in highschool and tugged at my heart then are still some of my favorite love songs to this day.