I've never known if Harry wrote this as a suicide song or just a song about changing one's life. I think he liked that ambiguity in his lyrics and I've definitely been influenced by that in my own songwriting. He really was one of the best songwriters I've ever heard.
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from No Cover Charge,
released February 1, 2018
Written and originally released by Harry Nilsson in 1968. (I really like songs from 1968 I guess).
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