I may have posted something like this in the past about Jim changing the words and phrases of some of the songs he recorded. Different from how the author wrote them.

I was listening to "The Writings On The Wall" a few days ago and discovered a few changes that got my attention. I will give a few examples of the changes I found.

Alex Zanetis wrote the words.."Every time I call...Jim added "you" to the line. Further down Alex wrote "Thought I knew you least of all" but Jim recorded "So I know you're not alone". Further on Alex wrote "There's no need to sneak" Jim adding the word "pretending" to replace "sneak". Another line Alex wrote "But I made you promise" Jim changing it to "But I love you so much". The last change I noticed was the original "It is written on your face, changed to "Cause it's written on your face".

Again I assume the artistic talent Jim had would allow him to make some changes that to him fit better and I agree. But that begs the question...did Jim also do this in order to get writing credits. Not sure how all
this applies but some artists would do this just to get a writing credit, and again, nothing wrong with that.

Can anyone add to this question...was it simply changes made to fit the singers style or an attempt to get a few more bucks from a recording...or a combination of both...Not sure !!

Thank you everyone...Hope to get some of your thoughts