Song of the Day: 'Let Me Live in Your City' by Paul Simon

Music history is littered with brilliant songs that didn't start out as good. "That's Jungle for You" -- the original refrain from became Culture Club's delightful "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" -- "You Always Hang Around" -- the inferior first take of the Breeders' "Divine Hammer"and "The Disco Song" -- the heartless first crack at Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and the so-wrong demo of the Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket," where Chrissie sings "you're special, so special" -- quickly come to mind. But I think this early version of Paul Simon's "Something So Right" might be the biggest improvement of them all. It's not that there's anything wrong with it. It's just the idea of there not being a song so optimistically unoptimistic makes me shudder. 

When something goes wrong

I'm the first to admit it

I'm the first to admit it

But the last one to know

When something goes right

Well it's likely to lose me

It's apt to confuse me

It's such an unusual sight

I can't get used to something so right

Something so right

Can you think of any songs that got major overhauls for the better? 

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