American singer and guitarist
Downing interprets the song as being an "ambitious attempt at understanding the process by which people carry their pasts into their presents." Bielen describes both the song's melody and Young's vocal as being "tender." In a link to Young's earlier album Harvest, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor provide backing vocals on the refrain.
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Simon also denied that the song was about her ex-husband James Taylor.
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