You're So Vain

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and....

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
and that you would never leave

But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and....

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.....
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all of the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and....

Carly Simon's No. 1 hit in 1973 has always been the subject of intense debate.  She had just married James Taylor at that time--so which of her previous lovers did she refer to?  Kris Kristofferson?  Warren Beatty?  Mick Jagger?  Cat Stevens?  I had for several years believed it was James Taylor because James did fly to Nova Scotia.  This was my cousin Fernando's theory, which I have believed from 1974 till a few years ago when I was corrected by a friend who believed it was Warren Beatty.  She has publicly given 3 clues--the name has the letters "A,"  "E" and "R," which would eliminate Kris Kristofferson & Cat Stevens, and just leave Warren Beatty and Mick Jagger (who sang background vocals on the song).  What do you think?