This song describes feelings of longing and loneliness I often had in the middle of the night, in the “early morning hours.” R Band started every practice session and every live show with this song, even though it was not in the songbook we handed out to the audience.
This song was written in the Spring of 1994 on the bike trail beside Interstate 80 between Fairfield and Cordelia while riding my 10-speed bicycle to Solano Community College five days a week.
This song is in the key of E: riffing on second fret with lead notes on twelfth fret. There is interesting timing of the guitar's bass notes and open strings in the chorus.
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