"The "Sports Illustrated"-produced VHS tape "NBA Superstars" featured a highlight reel of Bird set to the song.While he was married to Elaine Irwin, Mellencamp would change the lyrics from "married an L.A. doll and brought her to this small town/Now she's small town just like me" to "my wife was 13 years old when I wrote this song/Now she's small town just like me."