Just A Word Away

"Now, I had to write a song for my little boy - and this is it. I'm holding my baby boy in my arms. I know it's time to put him to sleep and turn out the lights, but I'm sort of thinking about watching him being born and just saying... Before I go any futher, I should point out that I didn't want to get too deeply into this, as I did with the For Rosanna song, because I've said a lot of it already in there. So, I'm saying 'Well, it's just you and me, and I wish you a wonderful life - and, remember, I'm only just a word away. And when the day comes that you're all grown up and you think you're out there all on your own, you're not alone. Remember I will be here; I'm just a word away.' I also mention 'You sister Rosanna is fast asleep, so it's time for me to whisper... I love you - good night.' It's a very tender little song, actually, and a lovely gift to Hubie, I hope. But this song probably gave me more hardship on the album [Flying Colours] than any other because I wanted to get it right. I must have performed it about 70 times, recorded it 70 times - and for a voice and guitar song that's really something! It's just that it wasn't touching me until one day I walked in and did it first take - bang! - and I knew that was the one.

Mind you, there were all sorts of problems attached to this song. There was drilling going on nearby the studio, and every time I sat down to do this very quiet song I could hear the drills going. So it was 'Ahhh, damn!', I kept on losing it. It was a real challenge."