Re Guest 08 Jul 04 "Why does it matter- you like it or you don't."
Succinct and to the point.
Its genre depends upon the rendition and point of view. I think its a great song. I won't spend any sleepless nights worrying about its placement.
People like to put things in little boxes, but some articles defy precise classification, with tentacles into more than one box.

Jack the Lad, I will look for their rendition. Not a group I know. (Songs from My Funeral cd?). A long time ago in Houston I heard a club pianist sing (interpret) it, in a whiskey contralto(?) with changes of tempo, interspersed with little sometimes off-key piano runs. She changed, for a while, the whole mood of the watering hole. Don't remember her name, but I doubt that she ever cut any commercial sides.