"I Can See It Now" appears to be quite out of place on the otherwise cutting-edge sound of Fehr Beach, being more of a mop-top-era rocker. It would have been a perfectly fine, perhaps even pleasant, song to have on Your Cup of Tea. The lyrics reek of the hastily-written vapidity that Davy would come to retroactively despise in his early songwriting. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this song was written long before 1969.

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From the sound of it, "I Can See It Now" had significant input on instrumentation from Cliff Martin, likely at the behest of Davy himself. Martin understandably wouldn't have been too keen on the song itself, but Davy often pushed him for instrumentation in prior years, and Martin often relented. Though it is curious why Davy would suddenly ask Martin again after years of going their separate creative ways, and why he would write a song such as this that was clearly dated.

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The sharp modulation from key to key at the beginning of the chorus sections is somewhat jarring due to the root of the second key being a half step up from the 3rd of the root chord of the key preceding it, but upon further listens, the transition actually sounded quite pleasant. Quite a curious transition indeed.

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Aside from that, the song doesn't have too much going for it musically. Standard tonal ambiguity, standard melody conventions, standard slightly-unorthodox progressions...however, one aspect that is less orthodox is the harmonies. With Davy leading, Brugin and Martin were always trying new patterns and arrangements for their harmonies. In "I Can See It Now", the harmonies are bolder, more lower and grave than you would expect for a song so dainty. Another curiosity.

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But ultimately, these are just that - curiosities. Not enough to make the song particularly notable.

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★★☆☆☆