[Albion Wilde]

You're right; that song is uniquely excellent, certainly including the instrumentation. The BeeGees were brilliant performers, as was their brother Andy.

I once had the exceptional pleasure of hearing Andy Gibb live at Ford's Theatre at a performance honoring President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. Andy had the audience spellbound--he seemed uniquely able to create a collective response from all the individuals in the room, timing his tone and phrasing to their feelings, instead of delivering a canned performance. The audience was stunned.

Here is the performance, introduced by his then-girlfriend, Victoria Principal:

Andy Gibb: Words

[SamAdams76]

I always found it odd they did not release it as single in the U.S. It had a decent chance of being what would have been their tenth U.S. number one (and they were just coming off six straight).

Anyway, it's one of their better album tracks.