Private Ale song meaning

The lyrics of this song are basically thinking out loud. The narrator is talking to him self as he's walking down a street alone and thinking about his life and future. He doesn't seem to care about anything and he just walks until he realizes that he's by the house of someone he's infatuated with. And he starts day-dreaming about them, letting his mind give in to temptation. He realizes that he'd rather think about this person than about his future that he doesn't seem to even care about.

There is a theory that Armstrong wrote this song for Adrienne to show his affection and attract her attention. However, the theory has no official confirmation.