This puts me in mind of something I read on another thread a while back (in regards to "Do Something") in which someone posted a transcript of an interview with Don saying:
That makes me think that originally it was supposed to be a Don lead, but it was changed at the last minute (possibly to give Timothy another lead?). I could be wrong about that though.I thought about singing it for a while then I said "nah, you know, I want you to sing this Tim," and it's a nice country flavoured ballad. We had an outside musician come in and play the pedal-steel guitar on it.
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