But Richard and Joel and Margaret were excited for me having this record deal and making this album, and when Susie killed herself they decided not to tell me about it until later because they didn’t want to shake me up. At the time I was living with friends, and all three of them were really close to Susie Schnerr. committed suicide sometime later while I was over in London. She was a kid, like all of us.” Taylor described her death in his biography written by Tim White: In his own words, “I knew Suzanne well in New York, and we used to hang out together and we used to get high together I think she came from Long Island. Suzanne Schnerr was a friend Taylor met while performing with The Flying Machine in 1967.

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus You've got to help me make a stand You've just got to see me through another day My body's aching and my time is at hand And I won't make it any other way Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now Thought I'd see you one more time again There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now

James taylor fire and rain