The refrain in two parts, with an injection of verve after a teasing start, and so different from the usual 'laid back' style of the songs normal arrangements. Now , its almost a gentle longing from Darin's voice and a truly muted arrangement, check out the influence on Joe Francis' version some twenty years later. Ain't No Sweet Girl Worth the Salt of My Tears . A whole persona is built round these treatments. Billy May and very Sinatraesqe.
Living has a lolliping tempo and harmonica in the arrangement.
If I Were a Carpenter . Blowin' in the Wind - a mighty tribute and possibly a carbon copy of Dylan. I Am accompanies by a bucolic flute. And many a heartfelt 'freedom' from the backing singers at the close. Darin takes on the role of recruitment agent to slavery, and at imploring tempo makes the prospect almost tempting.