| A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I lived in Buffalo, N.Y., for a time while I worked for The Associated Press. Buffalo is known as the "Queen City." The first part of this song was written during a particularly lonely night there, my first time truly on my own, away from college and all of my roommates. I eventually moved to Nebraska with the AP, and finished the song there. It also alludes to a trip I made to Chicago to help cover a football game there for the AP. This was probably the toughest song to record on this album. I could never get the sample right for the bass line during the verses, or the right guitar sound. I eventually found a good fretless bass tone and decided to go with layered 12-string guitar patterns over the verses instead of the rhythmic, staccato version I originally recorded. It makes the verses a bit more "minor" sounding, even though they aren't, but I like it, and the contrast it gives to the chorus. |