Browne wrote this when he was about 16; the cover by Nico was its first recording. He tells the story on his great new "Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1" that he had signed away permission for them to use the song in a movie and then completely forgotten about it, and then he was sitting in a movie theatre (watching "The Royal Tannenbaums") "...and this guitar music came on, and I thought, 'Well, I used to play JUST LIKE that!...'"
Browne wrote this when he was about 16; the cover by Nico was its first recording. He tells the story on his great new "Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1" that he had signed away permission for them to use the song in a movie and then completely forgotten about it, and then he was sitting in a movie theatre (watching "The Royal Tannenbaums") "...and this guitar music came on, and I thought, 'Well, I used to play JUST LIKE that!...'"