▁ ▁He ▁says , ▁' Man , ▁I ▁just ▁wrote ▁this ▁this ▁morning .' ▁ ▁And ▁I ' m ▁like ▁( m imes ▁dis bel ief ), ▁' You ' re ▁sh itt in ' ▁me , ▁man !' ▁ ▁And ▁( he ) ▁went ▁over ▁across ▁the ▁street ▁that ▁night ▁and ▁played ▁it ▁- ▁and ▁remembered ▁every ▁word . ▁ ▁I ▁swe ar ▁to ▁God ▁I ▁saw ▁him ▁do ▁it ." ▁ ▁Van ▁Z and t ▁claimed ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁M ery l ▁St ree p ' s ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁Iron we ed ▁and ▁describes ▁the ▁h arrow ing ▁pl ight ▁of ▁a ▁hom eless ▁couple ▁who ▁wind ▁up ▁living ▁under ▁a ▁bridge ▁until ▁the ▁woman ▁dies ▁with ▁the ▁protagon ist ' s ▁un born ▁child ▁" safe ▁inside ▁her ." ▁ ▁Van ▁Z and t ▁performed ▁the ▁song ▁years ▁before ▁he ▁committed ▁it ▁to ▁t ape , ▁but ▁Michael ▁T imm ins ▁of ▁the ▁Cow boy ▁J unk ies ▁told ▁John ▁Kr uth ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁that ▁" it ▁was ▁such ▁a ▁disappoint ment ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁producer ▁handled ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁really ▁got ▁lost ▁in ▁that ▁production . ▁ ▁They ▁should ▁have ▁just ▁let ▁the ▁man ▁tell ▁his ▁story . ▁ ▁But ▁I ▁just ▁don ' t ▁think ▁Town es ▁c ared ▁all ▁that ▁much . ▁ ▁His ▁thing ▁was ▁song writing ; ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁recorded ▁a ▁song , ▁his ▁attitude ▁was ▁well , ▁whatever ." ▁ ▁Many ▁regard