Another Day by James Taylor

Album: Hourglass (1997)

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James Taylor first demoed this in 1985 at Air Studios in Montserrat, but it took him another 10 years to come up with a suitable verse. Eventually inspired by his 1996 divorce from actress Kathryn Walker, he penned some lines addressing a female companion, in which he asks her to join him as he valiantly faces a new day.
Taylor said in a Reddit AMA: "'Another Day' was written at a pretty low point in my life. I'd had that music for that song about 15 years when I finally put a lyric to it. It definitely describes coming out of a very trying time. And was helpful to me, too."

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Shep-sutton from Oob-maineSong takes me back to fall of 1979 and taking my SATs the morning after the most popular girl in our class was killed in a accident just the night before. Her name was also Susie. Just about every body had to retake the exam again.
Mike from NjI also thought this song was about a dream he had about his friend Susan who committed suicide in a mental hospital while he was in london
Randy L. from St. Joseph, MoI thought "Wake up Suzie" referred to his good friend Suzanne, whose airline accident death inspired Fire and Rain. I thought he had a dream in which he got to walk with her again.

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