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Longtime Sunshine was written in January of 1994. At the time, Rivers was feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of his future. Said Rivers, | Longtime Sunshine was written in January of 1994. At the time, Rivers was feeling very nervous about the uncertainty of his future. Said Rivers,<br> | ||
''"I started longing for the safety, peace, quiet, simplicity and family structure of my New England childhood. I thought back to one of my favorite memories, lying in the bottom bunk, my brother in the top, in ourbedroom in our farmhouse in Eastford, Connecticut, in the hot, hot, summer, 7, 8 p.m., sun still up, but having to go to sleep because it's our bedtime, one of those big box fans blowing, and my parents, Ma and Steve, sitting at our bedside, singing an old hippie song to us, to calm us down and ease us into sleep, "May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You." ...I wrote it on my mom's piano when I was back in Connecticut at Christmas."'' | ''"I started longing for the safety, peace, quiet, simplicity and family structure of my New England childhood. I thought back to one of my favorite memories, lying in the bottom bunk, my brother in the top, in ourbedroom in our farmhouse in Eastford, Connecticut, in the hot, hot, summer, 7, 8 p.m., sun still up, but having to go to sleep because it's our bedtime, one of those big box fans blowing, and my parents, Ma and Steve, sitting at our bedside, singing an old hippie song to us, to calm us down and ease us into sleep, "May the Long Time Sun Shine Upon You." ...I wrote it on my mom's piano when I was back in Connecticut at Christmas."'' | ||