Saturday, June 20, 2015

"As Good As The Real Thing"

This is a remarkably bland song. I recorded it in the late 1980s, and it remains one of my least favorite recordings. I tried re-recording it in the late 1990s, but never got beyond the “rough demo” stage. Just not worth it. I do have a lot of unfinished business that I would like to finish though. A few years ago, I found a guy in Nevada, Iowa that I thought could help, but I was very disappointed with the results he handed me. So the drawer remains full of incomplete assignments.

As Good As The Real Thing

© 1988 Brian Hutzell

Your lover’s got business to attend to
And the freedom that gives us should be put to use
We can get together; we’ve got places to explore
A new adventure -- maybe it can lead to more, because...

I’m as good as the real thing; why don’t you give me a try
It’s much better than feeling like you’re gonna die from loneliness
But confess -- the problem’s not that he’s away
It’s that I’m as good as the real thing
And you know you want me to stay

Your lover’s grown careless. What’s he gonna say
If, alone in his absence, you decide to play?
He expects devotion from a stay-at-home bride
You’ve got other notions and his spot is occupied, and...

I’m as good as the real thing; why don’t you give me a try
It’s much better than feeling like you’re gonna die from loneliness
But confess -- the problem’s not that he’s away
It’s that I’m as good as the real thing
And you know you want me to stay

Once you claimed to be so pure, virtuous and proper
But the treasures once obscure, I would like to offer
To you, but I see you’re ahead of me
One down, feeling confident, and suddenly you’re not content

You’ve had a partial tasting; now you want it all
So you're off and racing, but I hope you’ll still recall that...

I’m as good as the real thing; why don’t you give me a try
It’s much better than feeling like you’re gonna die from loneliness
But confess -- the problem’s not that he’s away
It’s that I’m as good as the real thing
And you know you want me to stay



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