A good song gathers the years in. It's why you can sing it with such conviction 40 years after it's been written.

A good song takes on more meaning as the years pass by.

This is a song tax, ... for not being (in Madison) for so long.

I'm a composer, and therefore I know when I've written a good tune. When you've written a good song is when you know that the lyric is completely coalesced with the song.

I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it's coming out of something and then evolving into something.

Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true,
But you and I know what this world can do.
So let's make our steps clear so the other may see.
And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.