“Point Of Know Return” by Kansas

Kansas wrote "Point of Know Return" for their 1977 album of the same name, and the title came first: Phil Ehart suggested it for the record, and the phrase gave Steve Walsh the idea for his lyrics. Walsh, Ehart and Robby Steinhardt share the writing credit, Jeff Glixman produced and engineered, and the band took the arranging credit together.

Walsh sings lead, Steinhardt saws away on violin and joins him on backing vocals, Kerry Livgren and Richard Williams handle the guitars, Dave Hope plays bass and Ehart drives it from the drum kit. The song has since been tucked onto a heap of compilations and live records, from Two for the Show to Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection, and in 2013, at a Pittsburgh concert marking the band's 40th anniversary, BMI honored its writers for more than 2 million plays.

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