This song is one of my favorite songs by anyone, ever. I’m 44 and have been listening to the best rock, jazz, soul, folk, funk and classical music for as long as I can remember–we had a very musical household growing up–and this song simply haunts me. I awoke at 4 o’clock this morning because my 7 month old son was waking and after I got him back to dreamland, I couldn’t stop myself from singing this song in my head over and over again. To think this was tacked onto the end of the album with several other perfectly good songs that are not even acknowledged by a title on the album jacket shows what a great writer Stew is. I can see how a slow, single guitar tune like this didn’t quite fit into the sound the rest of the album has but it’s my favorite on an collection of great songs.

I’ve been lucky enough to see TNP several times and, unsurprisingly, they haven’t played this song. One day, maybe….hopefully. I’ll have to goad Stew into it, I’m sure. =^D

Thanks John for posting this up; this is the first time I’ve seen the full lyric in print and it’s just a masterpiece.

Eric