"Asteroid"

Just as much as in music, writing has stylistic eras. A book written in 2015 will not be confused for a book written in 1955 or 1875, and so on. Writers adopt the voice of an era and a genre. I’ve noticed that every humor writer for the past 20 years has adopted the Dave Barry Voice. I promise not to do this. Really. I am not making this up.

When I first joined Plastic Mikey, neither the group name nor the final lineup has solidified. Nor had most of the music. Group leader Kevin Dempsey gave me a cassette of instr8mental pieces they’d been experimenting with, and I set about writing lyrics to them. I didn’t really intend to become the lead singer; I simply reasoned that songs with words stood a better chance of getting on the radio and selling CDs than songs without them. It’s been the rare instrumental that has become a hit since the 1970s. Most of the Plastic Mikey’s material didn’t then and doesn’t no show a lot of character. Our one and only CD is beyond boring. I am pleased with some of my lyrics, though, and I’m especially pleased that I was able to write so many so quickly.

Asteroid

© 1994 Brian Hutzell

Shock me

Wake me from my delirium

Mock me

Ridicule my theory of recent events

Move the witnesses, kill the evidence

That's where it gets ugly

Nobody believes me

Why don't I explode?

Somewhere between Mars and Jupiter

Circling endlessly

She's out there and I'll be true to her

Little Asteroid, come and orbit around me

Shake me

Take me from this hysteria

Break me

You know I'm wary of current trends

Bind my enemies, polarize my friends

I'm so tired of struggling

Against those who deceive me and leave me alone

Somewhere between Mars and Jupiter

Circling endlessly

She's out there and I'll be true to her

Little Asteroid, come and orbit around me

Sometimes I wish I could jump ahead to the good parts

But I don't want to miss the sights along the way

Shove me

Push me toward new experience

Love me

Wish me well-this is serious

Here I go...

Watch me explode

Somewhere between Mars and Jupiter

Circling endlessly

She's out there and I'll be true to her

Little Asteroid, come and orbit around me