Songs of true stories that happened to the songwriter(s)

Sara, Fleetwood Mac

I read about two versions of the origin

for this song. Version 1 has Stevie claiming

it was written partially about her good friend

Sara, who married Mick Fleetwood, who she

had an affair with. Version 2 has Don Henley

claiming the song was about their unborn

child. Stevie has disputed this story and there

is no mention of what became of the child,

leaving us to draw our own conclusions

Our House - CSN

Our House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCFb1-MRw5I 

Described by Graham Nash as "An ode to countercultural domestic bliss" he wrote it while he was living with Joni Mitchell. Inspired by the events of an ordinary day. Walking to their car after breakfast at Art's Deli, a vase in an antique store window caught Joni's eye and they bought it. The weather was chilly and rainy so when they got home Graham said, "I'll light a fire. Why don't you put some flowers in that vase that you just bought?"

After the track was recorded Nash said he became bored with the song, but kept playing it because audiences liked it so much...Must confess to the opposite response...thought it sounded kinda cheesy at first, but like it a little more at each listening.

This one could probably also go in the Cross Generational thread.

"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce (was a great songwriter )

Written when his wife told him she was pregnant. 

To me is makes me want to cry. Will put it under sad songs also.

"Every Breath You Take" - Sting - Police

Sting said he had a mental breakdown after the breakup of his first marriage. Said it sounds like a love song, but it is really a nasty little stalking song.

A new day has come, Celine Dion

Written about the birth of her first born

son after struggling with infertility for

years

All Of My Love - Led Zeppelin

Written in remembrance of Robert Plant's son Karac who died while the band was on tour in 1977.

Strawberry Fields - The Beatles

…was the name of an orphanage where John would go to play with other kids. His Auntie Mimi told him to stay away fearing they would be a bad influence, to which John responded, “What are they going to do, hang me?”

And thus came…Nothing to get hung about. 

Sue Me Sue You Blues - George Harrison

Venting about the miriad law suits that followed The Beatles break-up and dogged his solo career for years.

Cold Turkey-John Lennon

Deals with John and Yoko’s withdrawal from drugs. 

Brother Loves’s Traveling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond

Diamond said that while traveling across the South, he attended a revival meeting in Jackson, Mississippi. It was held in a large tent. He  was curious, but soon got into the music, clapping and singing along with the rest of the crowd, which inspired him to write this song.