“Rest The Frantic”on YouTube (from Making a Mess)
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Rest The Frantic
© 1985 Brian
Hutzell
The star of the
movie is seen by the crowd
So he's the one
for whom they scream
The one for whom
the ladies preen
And about whom
young girls dream
He worked hard to
get there
Like the musician
practicing in his cheap studio
Hoping someday
he'll go to the top
Until then, he'll
never stop
Running endless
dexterity drills on his axe
Rest the frantic
If everyone
rested, then who'd do the work?
Who'd rise above;
who could we love?
Who would we
worship?
What human
deities would guide us--be there beside us?
Where would we
get our art?
Only an artist
makes art
And only by hours
of work
Hours of work
when he should be sleeping
How does he live
with the hours he's keeping?
Rest the frantic
(who else needs it?)
Francis Gavotte:
he's got a lot
But what he's got
will be lost when he rests
Rest the frantic,
sometimes tragic life of the entertainer
He's doing it all
for you
So you can rest
“Thnarble Blinst”
Brian Hutzell
from Make
a Thwinting Sound
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