Silver Thunderbird

A Thunderbird is an American car which is popular among collectors, but contrary to popular belief, this song isn't about Cohn's love for the vehicle - it's about his father who died when Cohn was 12. In a 1992 interview with Q magazine, Cohn compared his father to the Willie Loman character in Death Of A Salesman, saying: "A guy out there working a seven-day week and not able to support his family. He's 'the man with the plan and the pocket comb' in the song. Only the plan never panned out. But he did have a silver Thunderbird. Yeah, that was his car. 'You can keep your Eldorados/And the foreign car's absurd.' So the story is about a man who's at the highest comfort level he ever experiences while he's driving."

Cohn wrote 15 different songs called "Silver Thunderbird" before finding the one he liked. He says that writing the song was a kind of therapy for him.

This was Cohn's second single, following up his hit "Walking In Memphis." Cohn was never able to achieve the chart success of his debut, but has remained a popular and critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter.