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Also, you can listen to an audio sample of "Have A Cigar" from this album: "Wish You Were Here"

How does this look, Marie? http://www.lyricsstyle.com/p/pinkfloyd/haveacigar.html Pink Floyd Have A Cigar Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar. You're gonna go far, fly high, You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try;they're gonna love you. Well I've always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely. The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink? And did we tell you the name of the game, boy we call it Riding the Gravy Train. We're just knocked out. We heard about the sell out. You gotta get an album out, You owe it to the people. We're so happy we can hardly count. Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart? It's a helluva start, it could be made into a monster if we all pull together as a team. And did we tell you the name of the game, boy we call it Riding the Gravy Train.

Thanks, Uncle Joe. Your recollection of this is good enough internet verification for me. Also, when you say that the background of "Summer In The City" gave Stevie Wonder the idea for "Living For The City," did you mean the breakdown in the middle of "Summer In The City" where the car horns are honking and the jackhammer is drilling, etc.?

Yeah, but what I had heard years ago(and I think it was a Casy Kasem show) was that Stevie was inspired by the breakdown in the middle of "Summer" where the car horns are honking and the jackhammer is drilling and the electric piano chords are playing, and incorporated those elements into "Living." Check out the full length Quick Time "Summer In The City" sample link below: "Summer In The City" Also, I would think that the: "A boy is born in hard time Mississippi, surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty" aspect of "Living" was probably inspired by the: "back of my neck getting dirty and gritty" aspect of "Summer." http://www.mondaypapers.com/summerinthecity/summersong.html http://www.lyricsdepot.com/Stevie-Wonder/living-for-the-city.html However, I can't seem to find anything on the internet that connectst the two songs.

A long time ago, I had heard that Stevie Wonder's "Living For the City" was inspired by the 1960s Lovin' Spoonful song, "Summer In The City." I tried looking up information on the internet to verify this, but couldn't find any. Can anyone verify this?