"Big Plans" with commentary

“Big Plans” was first recorded on my “December 1985” cassette, and then re-recorded for inclusion in “TFM” in early 1986. After recording 60+ songs in less than 6 months, I was a bit burnt out in spring of 1986. I began sequencing another group of songs to be recorded, but only a handful ever made it to tape before I went back to school at the start of 1987. I’ve always considered that one my life’s biggest blunders: both the not finishing of the recordings and the going back to school. I ended up liking the University of Massachusetts – Boston though, even if I never once made use of my degree in Finance. The classes I really enjoyed were the ones in Religious Studies, which came as a surprise to me. In fact, I liked those courses so much that I toyed with the idea of pursuing a higher degree at Harvard Divinity School. That turned out to be yet another big plan that failed to materialize, however.

Big Plans

© Brian Hutzell 1985

I sit at a table

With a pen and pencil

And a piece of paper

And a pink eraser

I sit, thinking

Then I stand, begin pacing

And I think as I pace

About the food we waste

Big plans to save the world

That's what it's there for

Big plans to become a savior

That's what I'm here for

Big plans to help the hungry

Provide nutrition

Big plans, a world-wide grocer

Is my ambition

A solution, a cure

It'll work, I'm sure

So simple, so clear

In less than a year

No hunger, no poor

No starvation, no war

I'm a genius and a saint

That much is plain

Big plans to save the world

That's what it's there for

Big plans to become a savior

That's what I'm here for

Big plans to help the hungry

Provide nutrition

Big plans, a world-wide grocer

Is my ambition