"Why Did You Laugh?"

I’ve been off and on with music for quite a while now. In a series of attempts to rekindle the flame, I’ve tried a host of new instruments including guitar, mandolin, bass, alto trombone, and euphonium. I get fired up for a few months, or weeks, or days, then *splut.* I think I’m done with music as a performer.

Why Did You Laugh?

© 2015 Brian Hutzell

[verse 1]

I saw a stranger in the sky

Maybe I could be that guy

You think you’re a punk, but that’s a lie

I find your bulbous nose repulsive

Your hair is making me itch

Maybe after lunch you’ll appreciate my gift

[chorus]

Why did you laugh? Why did you laugh at me?

I wasn’t being funny; I wasn’t making a joke

What did you find so funny?

I thought you were going to choke

I was feeling great until I heard you laugh at me

[verse 2]

I nearly crushed a tiny gray mouse, no bigger than a bee

Knowing I could do such a thing terrifies me

I might spend a lifetime regretting a second

[repeat chorus]

[bridge]

You’re talking so much I can’t hear you

Your voice is soft as cotton

I disagree with your taste

But the lesson’s not forgotten

[verse 3]

I’ve been away from the city

Off the street

So far out of the loop

I paint with my feet

[repeat chorus]