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The closest Simon has come to pinning down her source material was in an interview in 1989. She reportedly acknowledged that the song is partly about Beatty, but he was just part of a composite of three men she knew while living in Los Angeles. In an interview with Charlie Rose in 2000, Simon noted that, "Most songs are a composite," although she didn't elaborate on who the other two men might be.
In the end, Simon may be keeping mum about the man to preserve some mystery about her biggest hit. As she noted in a 2001 interview with Sunday Morning's Rita Braver: "I could never really solve it because, if I did, then no one would have anything to talk to me about." Although they could always ask what the lyrics "clouds in my coffee" are supposed to mean.
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