"To God and Back"

Some of my early lyrics are naïve and weird, and I like them very much. Maybe it’s because they remind me of younger days, when I felt free to experiment. I was testing my wings. This morning I played trombone in a 20-piece orchestra for church, and I only did a so-so job. I haven’t been practicing, so that’s not surprising. Music has taken a back seat to school and writing and reading and history and art. Things change. Things fall apart. I’m trying to put them together in a whole new way.

To God and Back

© 1984 Brian Hutzell

When I went to high school people asked me who I was

So I told them

When I graduated they knew who I was

When I left for college, they asked me who I was

I said, "I am someone special,"

And they knew my name

On my very first job: "Where are you going?"

I said, "To the top!"

And they remembered me

Working my way up I was asked, "Who are you?"

I told them as I rose above them, "Don't forget my name."

I traveled to the far side of the country

And they said, "Who are you?"

I told them, "Someone big."

Now they recognize me

I went to other countries and they asked me who I was

I said, "I'm a leader," and they took me for a king.

I visited other people in a galaxy far away

And they asked me who I was

I said, "I come from Earth."

They asked me, "What is Earth?"

I told them and they worshipped me as a god

At the end of the universe I leapt into the next

And they asked me who I was

I told them, "I am god."

They asked, "What is a god?"

I told them and they said, "You're crazy!"