"My Girl" is built from repetition that keeps proving the same center. The form is small and exact: bright instrumental setup, verse image, question, title answer, repeat, clearing, final return.

0:00-0:09 Intro

The guitar figure and bass line create the frame before the lyric enters. The song starts by making happiness orderly, not explosive.

0:09-0:41 First verse and answer

The first vocal section sets the weather image, then turns it into a question-and-answer device. The title phrase arrives as the structural answer, with backing voices immediately widening the private claim.

0:46-1:17 Second verse and answer

The second cycle keeps the same machinery but changes the image field from weather to sweetness. Because the form repeats cleanly, the hook feels confirmed rather than merely reused.

1:35-1:49 Bridge clearing

The wordless "hey" passage opens a short clearing between verse cycles. It gives the arrangement room to breathe before the final verse changes the argument from sweetness to value.

1:49-2:22 Final verse and answer

Money, fortune, and fame enter as outside measures the song can dismiss. The familiar question-answer structure now carries the largest claim: affection is enough.

2:25-2:52 Outro circle

The ending stops building new sections and circulates the title phrase. Lead and backing voices keep passing the hook around, turning the private address into a communal finish.