Written by: Ronnie Green and Harriet Kane
Song View:
This next tune is a tune that I learned at a high school - in a - well it wasn't a high school - it was a church. But anyways, that's where I learned it - at a church dance. I used to go there. This used to be my favorite song. I don't know who wrote it. You might not like it, but it used to be my favorite. It's kind of hokey. It's called It Might Have Been. I don't really know any more about it than that. I imagine we will find out who wrote it when we record it. Because you always find out when money's involved. People show up.
Neil Young
Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
February 25, 1970
[talking about growing up in Canada]
Another song from that period that I loved, and also ended up doing a version of with Crazy Horse and Jack Nitzsche on piano, that's going to end up on Archives - it's a country waltz called It Might Have Been recorded by Jo London. It was a big hit in Canada though it didn't mean anything in the States. Great record. Real, real soulful rendition. Unfortunately on my version, I screwed up almost all the words (laughs).
Neil Young
Mojo/Nick Kent
December 1995