"Acid Rain" with commentary

The band Plastic Mikey existed for just a few years in the mid-1990s. We played lots of coffeehouses, and had a regular gig as an acoustic duo or trio at Sesi’s Seaside Café in Chicago. That’s when I started playing most of my gigs barefoot. It’s also when I started smoking more. That nasty habit increased when I went to work at a pharmaceutical company and had an unpleasant commute by car. Cigarettes made the commute and the job more tolerable. I quit smoking in the early part of the year 2000 quit the job not long after that.

Acid Rain

© 1994 Brian Hutzell

I was shaking in my shoes, trying to think up an excuse

Why I didn't make a peep when the man stepped on my feet

I was nervous of the whole business

"Have no fear!" said The Cat

I said, "Nobody talks like that

When the only cheery news is finding out we made it through

Another day of acid rain."

He said, "Sure enough, the acid rain will fall

If you think that's tough, just wait till you hit the wall

Don't let this little footrace keep you hiding in your bookcase

Pick up the pace, we can erase the stain of acid rain."

Now I'm hanging with The Cat

And he's got a few tricks in his hat

He's teaching me how to play

And to live every hour of the day

To ease the pain of acid rain

He said, "Sure enough, the acid rain will fall

If you think that's tough, just wait till you hit the wall

Don't let this little footrace keep you hiding in your bookcase

Pick up the pace, we can erase the stain of acid rain."

Then The Cat went on his way, but he told me what to say

When folks complain about acid rain

"Have no fear; we can win!

Are you ready to begin this campaign against acid rain?"

I said, "Sure enough, the acid rain will fall

If you think that's tough, just wait till you hit the wall

Don't let this little footrace keep you hiding in your bookcase

Pick up the pace, we can erase the stain of acid rain.”