"Speak Another Language"

I’ve always enjoyed making up silly words. When I conceived the idea for Make a Thwinting Sound, the first thing I thought up was the word “Thwinting.” Then I had this word but didn’t know what to do with it. I didn’t know whether to use it in the context of art or music. So I did both. And worked in some of my trademark footprints as well. For individual “song” titles, I made up more silly words. But not these. “Plit,” “ploo,” and “plurp” have been part of my vocabulary for as long as I can remember. One other piece from Make a Thwinting Sound also uses a word dating back to my grade school years at Woodlawn Elementary, “Kerfloofleflorf.”

Speak Another Language

© 2004 Brian Hutzell

I shaved my mustache

Sliced it right off

I gave up smoking

So I wouldn’t cough

I’ve changed my wardrobe

And dyed my hair

I’m your chameleon

But you don’t care

I can’t understand you

Do you understand me?

Why don’t you understand me?

Is it my language?

I don’t know any other language

Maybe I need to learn something new

Try a different language

Speak another language

“Plit Ploo Plurp”

Brian Hutzell

from Make a Thwinting Sound