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This song was never meant to be on the album.  This song was originally part of the group of songs that was reserved for the pop album.  As time dragged on for the recording of Lost and Found, it seemed like we were never going to finish three albums.  

I wrote this song when I was a sophomore in college. I had fallen in love, but the object of my affection was hot and cold.  I wrote the song rather quickly. I think I was more interested in the music than the lyrics.  I hadn't written a song in this key before.  Also, I hadn't written too many songs with such naked emotion. It's not a "clever" song. But it must be pretty good, because Morgan Brooks covered it on her album, Always be Here for You. 

It was during the recording of this song that Colin and I became fascinated with the idea of layering percussion. We probably recorded a dozen different percussion instruments, and then whittle things down to what you hear on the song. Susan Hardy and Bill Greene sang backing vocals on this, and they managed to really goose the chorus they way they did on "Starlight Radio."  

One of the last things to be added was the electric guitar.  For the longest time, there was a no electric rule for the album, but towards the end we relaxed the prohibition.  We spent a long time recording the solo, and then I came back to listen to the song a week later, and the solo had been "lost" (a recurring theme for the project, possibly deleted on purpose).  Hopefully the final version is the better version.