...and that's why I wrote this song about you

I think that the Carly Simon song ‘You’re so vain’ is kind of ridiculous. I mean, think about it. Whoever the dude is who she’s accusing of being so vain he probably thinks the song is about him, is right. It is about him. I’m sure if she was so upset about his vanity that she wrote a song about it, she probably mentioned to him once or twice that she thought he was vain. Then he hears this song that she wrote and he knows the song must be about him, doesn’t he, doesn’t he? It couldn’t be more obvious. But that doesn’t make him vain it only makes him not an idiot. Whether or not he’s vain is subject to debate. Carly clearly stated her case- and even went so far as to set it to music. He on the other hand might argue that he just wasn’t that into her and his lack of interest translated into behavior that she interpreted as vanity. Either way, it’s not his thinking that the song is about him that makes him “so vain.” Apparently Carly had many a famous lover and there is wide speculation as to who the song is actually about. However, logic dictates that any guy who thinks that Carly is singing about him when she actually isn’t, isn’t the guy she’s accusing of being so vain. So you see, the whole song makes no sense. And that’s the name of that tune.