Just from what I remembered, I thought the first line is interesting: "A one-way love can hang you up awful bad." Specifically the phrase "awful bad." It seems like it should be "awfully badly," but while both words in "awful bad" look like adjectives, they function as adverbs. They're actually flat adverbs, which Merriam-Webster has an informative video about. I just thought it was interesting that they're both flat adverbs for the sake of syllable count in the line and - in the instance of "bad" - so that it will rhyme with "the only kind of love I had" at the end of the next line.
But a more interesting thing about the song is the backing vocals in the third verse:
Oh, I’d love to love you, you know I think you’re out of sightTaken individually, the main lyrics are "Oh, I’d love to love you, you know I think you’re out of sight / But first I’ve got to be sure you’re gonna treat me right," and the backing vocals are "I’d love to love you, but you’re out of sight / You’re gonna treat me right." The primary concern of each set of lyrics is different. The main lyrics are concerned with the potential lover's treating him right (incidentally an-other flat adverb), where the backing vocals seem to be concerned that a difference between the singer/speaker and the potential lover will keep them apart and that he is lower than she is according to some hierarchy that isn't fully explained. (Appearance is the most obvious if "out of sight" is taken somewhat literally, with the emphasis on the visual nature.) And the line "you're gonna treat me right" as it is in the backing vocals seems to be an idealization of the relationship, whether it's an actual relationship or just an imagined one. At the end of the line, there's a descending melisma on "right," which sounds a bit like a sigh and makes it sound more like an idealized fantasy.
(I’d love to love you, but you’re out of sight)
But first I’ve got to be sure you’re gonna treat me right
(You’re gonna treat me right)
