Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court to force the new Secretary of State, James Madison, to deliver the documents. The Court, with John Marshall as Chief Justice, found firstly that Madison's refusal to deliver the commission was both illegal and correctible.
Ray Charles evidently is a hero of Van Morrison. in this song he refers to Ray Charles as The high priest.. Van Morrison has referred to Ray Charles in other compositions of his. In These Dreams of You from Moondance (1970), the lyric goes, And Ray Charles was shot down..
Van Morrison describes it as: The result of a dream I had about Ray Charles being shot down. That started off the whole song. The line 'you paid your dues in Canada', I don't really know where that comes from, I just have a romantic image of going to Canada and that's about it. The song is basically about dreams.