OKSleeper

<p>Just an old-fashioned love song,</p><p>Playin' on the radio..........</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48);">I went to pick up a lady named Patti Dahlstrom to go out and have dinner. She's a wonderful songwriter. I found out as I was leaving my office that I had a hit with another song. So as I walked into her living room, I said, "Well, kid did it again with another old-fashioned love song." And a light bulb appeared in the air right above my head. I went, "Wait a minute! That must mean I've got a great idea." So I sat at her piano. It's the quickest song that I've ever written in my life. "You know, I wrote the song thinking it was perfect for The Carpenters. It was money in the bank with them, I thought. A nice fit, kind of a throwback song with a rinky-dink sound to it and all. Richard Carpenter, I don't think made it through the first verse before he picked up the needle off of the (acetate). Richard didn't love it.</span></p>