'Pearly Queen'

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In my opinion Winwood is not in the highest tier of songwriters like Dylan, Cohen, Porter, and Lennon because his lyrics are there to support his extraordinary musical and vocal prowess. The best songwriters do it the other way around. The words are fundamental and the music forms around the words in support and embellishment of the lyrical meaning as it were. This is of course just my opinion. The beauty of music is that all our opinions are distinct, useful, and equal.