"When I began performing it live, I would often segue into 'Crossroads,' and the two melted together. The real 'Crossroads,' that is, not the rock 'n' roll version. The Robert Johnson version, rough and uneven, where he would have an eleven bar phrase, followed by a six bar phrase, followed by seven bars. Before it became contrived. That's the type of structure 'Word Game' followed: it determined its own form based on how I held a word or turned a phrase during the performance." Stephen Stills |