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WEBMISTRESS speculates:
In this song, Stevie gets a little wistful as she thinks back on how things were with her man - I believe Lindsey. The attitude of the song is almost as if she is reminiscing with him....up to a point. She knows it didn't turn out the way they had hoped, but while it was happening....it was a "rare, rare thing." She hopes he (and perhaps herself as well) can be that happy again someday, without "throw[ing] it all away". Then, the song seems to turn more accusatory when she tells him that he doesn't know her, and that he only wanted her to know the things he thought she should know. She has hinted in interviews that Lindsey was a bit controlling, perhaps she is referring to that here.
She goes on to say "it's all the same," whether "now" or "then." They both have the same problems they've always had...only now he has to "complain to someone else." She can't be there for him anymore. Then, suddenly, the song turns back to the beginning tone of nostalgia. She remembers when she said "Oh, yeah, baby!" - while he was saying "Oh, oh, baby!" - I think you catch my drift here. She says there's two ways he can remember them: bitterly (by laying the blame) or tenderly (by remembering it as the time of his life). She's choosing the second way, as she ends it with a high compliment: "You were really one of a kind....yes, you were to me, somehow."