Every writer involved has claimed Tommy and Gina was someone they knew. Desmond and Maria Vidal, Jon's said they were his high shool mates, a guy who got a scolarship to go play baseball in college 'till his gf got pregnant. And Richie recently said he was thinking of his parents when they were writing the lyrics. Go figure.
__________________
*Thru the years and miles between us, it's been a long and lonely ride, but if I got that call in the dead of night, I'd be right by your side*
|