<P> "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us" was written in A, and by God it'll be sung in A. I just feel that if you're coming up with most of the music, then you have an idea where it's going to go . And no singer is gonna get in my way . </P> <P> Russell Mael has claimed in reply: </P> <P> When he wrote "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us", Ron could only play it in that key . It was so much work to transpose the song and one of us had to budge, so I made the adjustment to fit in . My voice ain't a "rock" voice . It's not soulful, in the traditional rock way; It's not about "guts". It's untrained, unschooled, I never questioned why I was singing high . It just happened, dictated by the songs . Ron has always written Sparks' lyrics and never transposed them into a rock key for me to sing . He always packed each line with words and I had to sing them as they were . </P> <P> When the track was first recorded, the crew all felt that there was' something missing', but could not decide what it was . Then engineer Dave Hutchins had an idea, raided the BBC (for whom he had previously worked) and added the distinctive gunshot effect . Winwood loved and approved the change, and the gunshot is now the signature of the song . </P>

Sparks this town ain't big enough for both of us lyrics