Current
listening: Jobriath, Creatures of the Street
Jobriath is
someone I didn’t discover until about a year ago. Much too late. He died of
AIDS in 1983. Klaus Nomi. Keith Haring. Arthur Russell. All great talents lost
too soon. They all left a mark though. I am not afraid of death – just of death
coming before I’m ready for it. I haven’t left my mark yet. That’s one of the
reasons for this blog: a transparent and desperate attempt to leave my name on
the wall while I still have the chance. A little bit of digital graffiti.
This is a song I
wrote during my fertile early Boston period. I didn’t get around to recording
it until Making a Mess. Lately, most
of my musical efforts have been devoted to practicing the euphonium. Talk about
no commercial potential!
I Wanna Be Rich
© 1985 Brian
Hutzell
I wanna be rich
I wanna be rich
Ain't no point in
living if I can't get everything I want
I can't get
everything I want if I don't have money
I wanna be rich
I wanna be
wealthy
Ain't no point in
living if I can't have the best
I can't afford to
have the best if I don't have money
I gotta have lots
and lots of money
So I can live in
luxury
The royal life
for me
No mediocrity
Gonna travel
overseas
Visit the other
kings
Sipping a cup of
tea
Next to England's
Queen
I wanna be rich
I wanna be richer
I wanna be
richest
I wanna be rich
I wanna be richer
I wanna be
richest
"Proud Feet"
Brian Hutzell
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