I've been fascinated by this track for a while. According to VDP, it's the first song he wrote, it was covered by everyone from Bobby Vee to the West coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and it's a brilliant composition, as good as anything on Song Cycle and more straightforward than any track on the album. My favorite version is Harpers Bizarre's dreamy, VDP-assisted version (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdQ3f5TlM8g), but just looking through version online, it's been arranged dozens of different, often fascinating ways. More info on its composition is here:
http://www.sodajerker.com/episode-51-van-dyke-parks/Does anyone have opinions/more info on this song? Also, is there any available recording of VDP performing this track solo?