I was improving at guitar, at least the rhythm aspect of it. It also helped that I'd bought a new guitar, a very nice Yamaha steel-string for around $600. With inflation I'd probably be paying over a thousand for it today. I could bash away on it and the harder I played, the better it sounded.
My songwriting was also quite muscular during this period. And by "muscular," I mean "thick-headed." This was a fairly typical example, insipid lyrically. But at least I could now power my way through it with some degree of conviction.