I wrote the piano part for this song years before I recorded it, but I didn't know what to do with it. Eventually, I asked Tony Levin 3000 miles away if he'd record a bass part for the song, hoping whatever he did would inspire me to finish it. He did, and of course I loved it, but I still didn’t know what to do with it. By then, I had a vocal melody, but no idea what I wanted to say with the lyrics. Two years went by. Frustrated and impatient, I asked my friend John Alan to take my piano and Tony's bass and use our tracks to write his own song. It was as an experiment I’d always wanted to try, and here was the opportunity. How would John’s song, and the song I would eventually write, turn out with both of us using the very same backing tracks? Would they be entirely different (yes) and would John’s song inspire me to get mine done? (yes). John wrote and recorded his song in a few weeks. As soon as I heard his, mine started coming to life. It took me another few months, but it’s finally done. I’m grateful for Tony Levin (bass) and Robby Berman (keyboards, mix, and mastering engineer), and especially, for John Alan. If you’re curious, you can hear his version of “Fly” wherever you listen to music.

(2023) I wrote and recorded this song a year ago for friends who were getting married. They had been high-school sweethearts who hadn't seen one another for over thirty years when they met again at a reunion. Carol Sharar (violin) wrote the string arrangement for this version. She's joined by Loni Bach on cello. Rave Tesar recorded the strings in NJ; I recorded the piano and vocal in my home studio in Oregon.