A Certain Girl

The singer describes a long-lasting crush on a woman he has repeatedly tried to win over. Each attempt ends with them remaining friends, so the song mixes affection and persistence with frustration. The repeated question-and-answer refrain makes the mood playful, even though the romantic situation has not changed.

Calling her “a certain girl” keeps her identity secret and turns the secrecy into a joke: when asked her name, the singer refuses to say it until he has “got her.” Here, “get her” means win her romantic interest, not physically obtain her. “Sweet on” is an informal way to say he has a crush on someone. His imagined promise to do anything and be her “slave” is an exaggerated expression of devotion, rather than a literal plan.

The lyrics present the singer as hopeful, but they also hint that his efforts may be going nowhere: he says the same attempts leave them “nothing but friends.” The repeated refrain can sound confident and teasing, or slightly evasive, since he talks about winning her while withholding even her name. The song does not tell us how the woman feels beyond the fact that they remain friends, so her reasons—and whether the singer will ever succeed—are left open.