I recently saw Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson, with Larry Park on guitar (son of the great Ray Park of the California bluegrass duo Vern & Ray, with whom Pederson played banjo and sang) and they performed this song, which Hillman wrote with Parsons.

If I recall it right, Chris said that they were going over the unfinished song and that Gram spontantously came up with the "recruits with their green mohair suits" line.

Thanks to Q for the clicky back to the Parsons thread. Great stuff there for readers who wonder what all the fuss is about.

Herb and Chris are a continuing treasure.