It's been a long time since I heard Eric in concert, when I heard him sing this he first told the story of how he came to write this. While in a pub (some of his best work seems to come out of pubs) an old fella set at the bar next to him & started to relate his life's story to Eric every so often saying the line or part of the line"it's nearly over now & now I'm easy". As soon as the old fella left Eric says that he grabed something to write with & went out behind the pub to write it all down. He's said that he was practicly handed the song. When I first heard this it was love at first sight, can't remember when I did this last, forgot I even did it up till now, I'm gonna have to pull this back out of the dust bin, thanks, Barry