Yes, I know I've got better things to do... but...

"In 1983, she told the Washington Post: 'It certainly sounds like it was about Warren Beatty. He certainly thought it was about him - he called me and said thanks for the song.' She didn't confirm that the song was about Beatty, although many have assumed it's about him because of his legendary vanity...

The closest Simon has come to pinning down her source material was in an interview in 1989. She reportedly acknowledged that the song is partly about Beatty, but he was just part of a composite of three men she knew while living in Los Angeles. In an interview with Charlie Rose in 2000, Simon noted that, 'Most songs are a composite' although she didn't elaborate on who the other two men might be."