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If by "story behind it" you mean, how the song came about, then I think -arkady- has answered that.  Boy Wikipedia is great, isn't it.  If you mean just "what the song is about" then, I think:  she's just gotten over some love affair that went south, and she happens to go to hear this singer she heard about ("and so I came to see him, to listen for a while") and there he was and, as cruel fate would have it, he's singing sad love songs that expressed everything she was feeling.

"I felt he'd found my letters....".  This doesn't imply that he found HER letters; just felt that way because it was so close...

They didn't know each other, that is clear. "he sang as if he knew me....looked right thru me as if I wasn't there". 
Sad, because although he is unaware of her, he is breaking her heart. She's just in the audience, and he's expressing her pain and sadness as if he knew all about her.   

I've performed this song countless times, and I've always worked with this interpretation.

I have six brothers, and they all had team outfits--one of each.  They had to choose which one to wear by what size fit.  If one brother could wear Leafs in 58, in 59 he might have to wear Blackhawks, which might not be so bad, but IF you had to wear a Bruins outfit, don't even show your face on the ice.... My whole childhood, they were in the basement...
We lived in the country, and we also had the obligatory yard ice rink, and yeah, there were no helmets. 

I started (was forced to a little bit) to watch soccer (called football here)  since I moved to Germany.  And although I was not into it AT ALL, I did start to notice that the rules are very similar.  Offside, and all that stuff.  It made it easy to follow the game.  So I can sit through a soccer game now and then and not get a head-ache.   It's nice and fast, like hockey.

I visited you today. You have a really nice voice and the accompaniment too. 
I could only listen to a few, because traffic was heavy here at about 8pm CET,
so it took some time downloading to listen.  But so far, I love them.  I also gave you big stars.
And I left comments.
And added myself to your subscription list.  The more the better, right.

Hi Bushido.

What kind of stuff do you write?  I'm always looking for new
songs.  Are they vocal tunes?  And you can't get any newer than
never published.  But I'm not a thief, mind you....  Can I listen to
some of it, or look at some of it?

Viele Grüße
.../gin

Wow, sounds like you've got a lot going for you...  And 18 is DEFINATELY not too young.  I had a guitar duo when I was 16. I've been (and still am) involved in all kinds of projects, even at my toddering age....  One thing I can definately tell you is that you have to know where you're going.  I think it was Walt Whitman (an old US president) who said: The world gets out of the way of the man who knows where he's going"  (something like that--we, of course, edit to include "woman")

SO, if you don't mind a little advice from me, it comes in the form of questions (all overlap each other):

Do you have a musical concept/direction?  If you don't people will come and quickly fade away

Do you know what you want to say?  "Cloning" is good for learning, but not original, although it's a good place to start sometimes. But that's not the same as covering other peoples' music which is always a great idea. You can say a lot with other peoples' music, and get lots of support so long as you're not just trying to sound like the original (that's what I mean by cloning)

Do you have a repertoire?  Is it cohesive?  What I mean is, if you're too ecclectic, people are interested with one song, bored the next...

Most important question:  are you going to do it anyway, even if no one is around to help you out? (If this answer is "yes" people will
want to join your project because they have someone who's leading.

As mherbert said, find a music school, guitar store, hang out.  Make new friends.

Sounds like you need to meet people who are into it the way you are. If you're really lucky you'll meet musicans who know more than you, and you'll get to learn lots too.  When I was younger, I tended to want to be with the hipper kids, and finally, at a party,  a "fringe friend", who I thought was a bit of a goof, was playing guitar, I started singing, we sounded good together, he encouraged me to learn to play, and it just went from there. A nice singing duo with 2 guitars. I played nylon, he played one of the original Ovations.  Lots of gigs-small ones- I was underage so outside of coffee bars, school functions, park festivals etc., we couldn't do much until I was older. I eventually moved into jazz music and he wasn't into that... The point I'm making here is:  gravitate to people who are serious and who play your kind of stuff, no matter how they look, dress, act, fit socially.  Don't waste your time on people who just "wannabeastar!" and concern themselves too much with the trappings of a music career. They're mostly destined for the bedroom mirror...  It's all about the music. The rest will come to you...

Now that I think about it, the music school idea is the best one.  I teach in a MS and a guitar teacher and I are always crossing departmental boundaries.  Putting students together for concerts and such.  Good for his students and good for mine.  Try this idea.  You'll definately get connected to serious people.    OK. I'm gonna stop now.   Hope I haven't bored you, and that it helps, if even a little....   

.../gin

Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Jose Feliciano, Joan Baez.  I play piano too, but I always liked guitar better with voice.
And chord voicings are nicer on guitar.

Yeah, I did think you thought about it, and maybe could elaborate a little.  Might make it easier to jog someone's memory.
Anyway, there's a website of experts who can tell you what the song is even based on these few lines.  If they can't no one can...
I've used them before and it's pretty amazing all the stuff they know.  But, please excuse me, if you've already tried them..
     en.allexperts.com/q/Oldies-2943/song-lyrics-7.htm

Do you remember the name of the group?  Or even:   male or female,  rock, soul, motown, r&b, country, folk..  Was it a lead singer
with backgrounds, or vocal group?  What was the instrumentation?  Can you remember other hits from this group? 
Do you remember if it came out in the summer/winter?  With all this memory jogging, you'll probably remember it yourself now...