The article, published by American Songwriter, looks back at three songs written by Carly Simon that were inspired by her relationship with fellow musician James Taylor, whom she married in November 1972 and divorced in 1983. It draws on Simon's own recollections, including a 2015 interview with People magazine in which she said she still had feelings for Taylor, to show how their marriage shaped some of her best-known lyrics.

The piece highlights "The Right Thing To Do," which Simon wrote early in their relationship with input from Taylor himself on its lyrics; "Legend In Your Own Time," from her album Anticipation, which she confirmed in her memoir Boys In The Trees was written about him; and "We're So Close," which she described in her memoir as perhaps the saddest song she ever wrote, inspired by a moment of miscommunication with Taylor in 1979.