I was on ICQ (the chat program), of all places, when I got the inspiration for this tune. I was talking to this girl from somewhere up north, in New York or Vermont or somewhere. Anyway, she was telling me about her life as a Resident Assistant in the dorms at her college. She was a junior, and she was getting tired of "babysitting" the freshmen girls who liked to drink too much and then pass out. I told her that her work was not going unnoticed, and that someday those girls would thank her for her trouble.

Well, later that night, I was mulling the details of our conversation in my head, and I wrote a poem from it. I sent her the poem, and she asked me if I was going to make it a song. I said that I had thought about it, but I was not sure if I could or not. Next thing I know, I had split the poem in half, added a chorus in the middle, and a bridge and a chorus at the end. This is why there are phrases like, "...And these girls may never know..." found throughout the song.

Once I found the right musical progression, I recorded the song, sticking a Floydian, "On The Turning Away"-style outro to the end of it. This is definately one of my favorites.