"Till I Was Gone"

I don’t think this was the best song Vin and I wrote together, but it’s the best recording we made. If I had to pick which is more important, the song or the recording, I would say the song is far more important. So what’s the best song we wrote as a team? I’m not sure. “Teila?” “Love of Mine?” “Innocence?”

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Till I Was Gone

© 1988 Brian Hutzell and Vin Colella

There, not looking at me

What do I care; I'm better off free

She let her hair grow long

I always begged her to

But she never did till I was gone

No she never did till I was gone

There, standing in the sea

And in the air: the smell of debris

Who knows what's going on?

Who'll take the blame?

Broken promises, and now they're gone

Broken promises, and now they're gone

Ooo, na na na

Dat'n dat'n dada

It's too late

Ooo, na na na

Dat'n dat'n dada

It can't wait

We live in fear

Of what we joked about when it appeared

Now we sing our rock-a-byes

To all those who've died

But we never cared till they were gone

No we never cared till they were gone

Ooo, na na na

Dat'n dat'n dada

It's too late

Ooo, na na na

Dat'n dat'n dada

It can't wait

Now it's down to the eleventh hour

We face the fire--feel the heat

Heads in a sack of flour

The laughs we desired left us nothing to eat

Ignorance of the consequences fed our craving to devour

Intended paradise backfired like the apple fallen from the tree

Funny how we all thought it would be so safe and sound, so carefree

We took it all, and more then we'd ever need

All the while to blind to see

That all the way to the Promised Land

Is a history filled with misled plans

Looking back won't take us there

Gotta look ahead, and this time beware...

"Vinnie got a record deal"

Brian Hutzell