you should seriously send this to Steve Poltz, we've exchanged an email with him before-- so he DOES answer stuff. Ask him to be part of his weekly songwriting club... (if you dare!)
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/us/take-a-phrase-wrap-it-in-a-song-e-mail-it-on-friday.html
btw, you seen this performance?
No, I'll have to check it out.