This song is about her niece. I have a single CD of Sunny which has a live version (a great one natch) of this on the "B" side. She introduces it by saying "This song is about my niece and I guess that's all I want to say about it"...to laughs from the audience and a "are you sure?", she replies (paraphrase): "the music to the song by John Leventhal was making me feel good but I had nothing to write about in my own poor sad messed-up life so I did that thing that you do, which is turn to the innocent and guileless ones around you..yeah!" In her recent memoir she confirms that it is indeed about her niece, Grace and every time she sings it, she gives the audience an update on Grace. The latest, she says, is that Grace has shaved her hair!
This song is about her niece. I have a single CD of Sunny which has a live version (a great one natch) of this on the "B" side. She introduces it by saying "This song is about my niece and I guess that's all I want to say about it"...to laughs from the audience and a "are you sure?", she replies (paraphrase): "the music to the song by John Leventhal was making me feel good but I had nothing to write about in my own poor sad messed-up life so I did that thing that you do, which is turn to the innocent and guileless ones around you..yeah!" In her recent memoir she confirms that it is indeed about her niece, Grace and every time she sings it, she gives the audience an update on Grace. The latest, she says, is that Grace has shaved her hair!