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Carly Simon says You're So Vain verse is about Warren Beatty

Carly Simon says the second verse of her infamous song You're So Vain is about Warren Beatty.

Singer-songwriter to release memoir Boys In the Trees next week

Singer Carly Simon, seen in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2013, has revealed that actor Warren Beatty is one of the inspirations for her classic song You're So Vain. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Carly Simon says the second verse of her infamous song You're So Vainis about Warren Beatty.

The 70-year-old singer tells People magazine that she's "confirmed that the second verse is Warren."

She adds that Beatty "thinks the whole thing is about him!"

Simon will release the memoirBoys in the Trees,on Nov. 24.

The subjects behind You're So Vain,released in 1972, have been a matter of speculation for years.

Actor Warren Beatty and singer-songwriter Carly Simon dated in the early 1970s. (Francesco Proietti/Associated Press)

The singer said the No. 1 hit is about three men, including Beatty, though she isn't naming the others.

Simon was married to James Taylor, and she has been linked to Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson, Jack Nicholson and Cat Stevens.

In 2010, around the time she released a greatest hits album, Simon revealed in interviews that a whispered "David," ina newacoustic recording of the songwas the man inthe song's first verse.

"There's a little whisper and it's the answer to the puzzle," she said.


You're So Vain by Carly Simon

You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically tipped below one eye
Your scarf, it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as
You watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain,
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?

Well, you had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
When you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, you're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse, naturally, won
Then you flew your Learjet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with some underworld spy
Or the wife of a close friend,
Wife of a close friend, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, you're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you?
Don't you?