Even while trying
to become a pop star, I thought the whole business of pop music was stupid. I
have long felt at odds with myself regarding the entertainment business.
Cars and Girls
© Brian Hutzell
1984
The lines were
tasteful
Elegant poetry
Lyrically flowing
from metaphor to simile
Exquisite
symbolism
Meshed with
psychological probings
Enough to
tantalize the mind
Without demeaning
the listener.
I played it for
the man behind the desk
And he heard
graceful melodies
Tinged with jazz
And clever quotes
from classics
He heard
wonderful music, imaginative thinking
My heart and my
life, my deepest convictions
Were there on the
tape
And the man with
the desk said:
Cars and girls
That's what they
want to hear
Cars and girls
Am I perfectly
clear?
Cars and girls
Nothing hard to
understand
Cars and girls
No sleight of
hand
He was right of course;
he'd been through it before
As my fame
increased so did my bank account
And the songs I
thought were gross were the ones that sold the most
People love it if
it sounds good turned up loud
Cars and girls
That's what they
want to hear
Cars and girls
Am I perfectly
clear?
Cars and girls
Nothing hard to
understand
Cars and girls
No sleight of
hand
From the rise of
Henry Ford, people never got bored
Of hearing 'bout
a screaming machine
And silly love
songs have been sellin' since the very first musician
Sang his
courtship to the daughter of a queen
Cars and girls
That's what they
want to hear
Cars and girls
Am I perfectly
clear?
Cars and girls
Nothing hard to
understand
Cars and girls
No sleight of
hand
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