I just checked the Bear book and found that only Alex Zanetis received a writing credit for this song. Obviously the changes Jim made were from the heart and he was right. Interesting to note that I could not find the date Jim originally recorded this song. Apparently it was recorded as a demo and only overdubbed for release in 1971. Another great song Jim never lived long enough to see what a treasure he left us.

Talking about writing credits, there is an interesting story how Bill Anderson got a 50% writing credit for adding a single line to the song "Saginaw Michigan". The story goes, that the author Don Wayne was struggling with a proper ending to this song and contacted Bill for help. Bill made some fast money that day. Lefty Frizzell made it into a hit in 1964, I believe the last hit of his career.