I wrote this song while recovering from a bout with cancer. I had had two surgeries, and the second one was rather invasive involving the removal of lymph nodes. The question was whether the cancer had spread. I suppose their is never a good time to get cancer, but this entire episode came to light after I had released my first solo album Who are the Navigators? I had managed to get some local airplay, and phone calls from major labels. I had positive reviews. It was a heady time. Next thing I know I'm in the hospital.
As if that wasn't enough, I had developed a crush on a gal who lived in NYC (I was in Louisville at the time). If cancer raises the stakes in your life, it does it doubly for your love-life (or lack of love-life, as the case was).
Several weeks after my second surgery I began writing a bunch of songs. This was one of them. "The River" was another. One of these days, I'm going to put out THAT album in its entirety. In the mean-time... This song seems to be an expression of the expectation that this crush thing wasn't going to happen, but maybe that's not the end of the world. I was right on both counts.
Fast forward a couple of months. I am recording Lost and Found, and this song makes it to the top of the list. Colin Brown played drums, Dave Humphries played bass, Dan Africk sang back up. Steve Cooley did just about everything else except for the acoustic guitar, harmonica and lead vocals (me).
The funny thing about this recording is that we recorded it too fast. It was a running debate. It wasn't until we'd recorded everything that we decided we needed to slow it down. We slowed the tape down to do this, and that resulted in my voice sounding deeper. Also, if you try to play along to the song it's not exactly in the key of C.
Ever since this song was recorded, I have been playing it. It never goes out of style for me.
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