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The thing about this song is that we can all relate to what it’s saying. This is one from that magical first session that I did with Barry. If you listen to the lyric you realize that we’ve all been there once or twice in our life. The words and music fit together like a glove. For me it was an arranger's delight. I really related to the message of the song. I felt that the arrangement should have the same emotion to support it properly. It should not just be an orchestration. That would weaken the lyric and Barry’s very emotional vocal. The lyric says things like “I can’t believe it still could hurt so bad.” I felt that was the key element of what the song was about. To me it dictated what the arrangement should sound like. As we felt the pain growing inside this person, Barry’s vocal revealed more and more and the arrangement had to support all of that without getting in the way.
This is one of my favorite arrangements that I’ve done for Barry. I remember where I was in my life when I wrote it. Barry caught me at a time when I was going through some personal problems myself. I also remember sitting in the control room with Barry and Ron listening to a playback with tears in our eyes. I went home after the session and cried my guts out, and actually relived the song for days. It still makes me cry when I hear it today. To me there is something very special about this record. It is the right melody, the right lyric, the right singer, the right arranger and producer all showing up at the right time. This is definitely a 3 tissue song.