Wednesday, November 18, 2015

"Life Outside"


This is one the “lost songs” from Plastic Mikey. “Why Does The Rain?” is another. I have the lyrics, but not the music, which is a shame because in both cases I am quite pleased with the lyrics. These songs came near the group’s end. In dreams, I am frequently looking for a place I’ve been before, and want to get back to, but can’t seem to find. In other dreams, I find a long lost room filled not necessarily with treasure, but with interesting stuff. The two dream themes seem related, and occur often enough that I can’t help but think my subconscious is trying to tell me something. If only I could find that forgotten place, or that lost room. I can’t shake the feeling that the thing I’m looking for is close at hand, but something is preventing me from seeing it.

Life Outside

© 1996 Kevin Dempsey and Brian Hutzell

I’m going out tonight
I’m going out
Don’t wait up for me
Don’t wait up
I know there’s work to do
Things to be done
Never stops for me
Never ends
In the meanwhile, there’s something better
In the meanwhile, there’s something more

Don’t want to lie to you
Don't want to hide
Give me privacy
Give me room
Everything I do
Every trick
Will come out in time
Will come out
In the meanwhile, there’s something better
In the meanwhile, there’s something more

Hanging with my usual crowd
Steady, well-defined
Know the routine--through the hoop
Need a life outside

Pardon my secrecy
And the occasional silence
Maybe I'll let you in
Maybe I won’t
Every dream I have
Every wish
Will come true in time
Will come true
In the meanwhile, there’s something better
In the meanwhile, there’s something more



Brian Hutzell
photo by Karen Woodburn 

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