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Originally Posted by JackieBlue
Interesting that in all the stories Jon's told about writing that song about Richie he never mentioned that it had anything to do with Richie not showing up that day. Kinda messes up the line "I bet it's warm in California, I think it's time to hit the road..." for me. I always assumed he was talking about Richie there, but if Richie was supposed to show up for a writing session, he must have been on the East Coast, I guess, so that blows that.
That story actually sounds a lot like the one Jon tells about him and Des writing HBE alone because Richie was on a date with Heather. He said Richie liked that one, too, and was sorry he didn't have a hand in writing it.
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It's possible it was from early in the writing sessions and he didn't make the trip to the east coast, it could still make sense. I for one never took the song never to be ABOUT Richie. I think I treasure the lyrics too much to think about Jon having premonitions or whatever.