If memory serves, this was the second song I ever wrote (the first was "Rusty, My Favorite Dog"). It was 1968 and I was ten years old. I specifically remember that when I heard the Beatles’ “Goodnight,” I thought to myself: I came up with my song first. This long version finishes the song the way I more or less imagined it as a child, with an elongated section that would repeat into a sunny dreamscape. I didn’t have the patience to compose the extension while young but now it’s finished with the dreamscape transformed into a nightmare. Trish Happel produced this version. Here’s where you can hear the earlier version: https://on.soundcloud.com/91WPYHhbsD46ztm99. Here’s a musical sketch: on.soundcloud.com/5XDwwVXA4tihE5em9.
