Composition
The song was originally credited to both Brian Wilson and his controversial therapist Eugene Landy. However on later issues of Brian's debut album and subsequent re-makes and live performances of the song, the credit was amended to only include Wilson as the sole composer of the song.
The song originally included lyrics to another verse. The lyrics weren't used in the finished version but Wilson did perform the song with the added verse on a televised performance. The extra lyrics as performed by Wilson were:
"I was praying to a god who just doesn't seem to hear,
Oh, the blessings we need the most are what we all fear."
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