The Velvet Underground - the gift

두 달간 Marsha와 떨어져 지낸 Waldo는 그녀의 충실함을 믿으려 하지만, 불안과 의심에 시달리며 잠을 이루지 못한다
그는 그녀가 다른 남성과의 관계를 맺을 것이라는 끔찍한 상상을 하며 고통받고, 자신만이 그녀의 진실한 모습을 이해한다고 느낀다
Waldo는 Marsha에게 필요한 존재였음을 깨닫지만, 현재 그녀와 멀어진 상황에 상심하고 있다

Waldo Jeffers had reached his limit
It was now mid-August, which meant he had been separated from Marsha for more than two months
Two months, and all he had to show was three dog-eared letters and two very expensive long-distance phone calls
True, when school had ended and she'd returned to Wisconsin, and he to Locust, Pennsylvania
She had sworn to maintain a certain fidelity
She would date occasionally, but merely as amusement
She would remain faithful
But lately Waldo had begun to worry
He had trouble sleeping at night
And when he did, he had horrible dreams
He lay awake at night
Tossing and turning underneath his pleated quilt protector
Tears welling in his eyes as he pictured Marsha
Her sworn vows overcome by liquor and the smooth soothings of some Neanderthal
Finally submitting to the final caresses of sexual oblivion
It was more than the human mind could bear
Visions of Marsha's faithlessness haunted him
Daytime fantasies of sexual abandon permeated his thoughts
And the thing was, they wouldn't understand how she really was
He, Waldo, alone understood this
He had intuitively grasped every nook and cranny of her psyche
He had made her smile
She needed him, and he wasn't there (Aw)