Although he was not given co-writers credits on the song, Columbia recording artist Bill Wilson is said to have written many of the lyrics to the song while he and Knopfler were both studio musicians working a session in Nashville. During a live performance of the song in Indianapolis, circa 1991, Wilson had this to say before the song: I do this thing I co-wrote about, I guess, its been about 12 years ago I wrote the lyrics and a friend of mine used to work a lot of sessions for my old producer, Bob Joh
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