"Nothing/Something"

Earlier today I played my first Tuba Christmas. It was sorta fun. I wasn’t playing a tuba though, but my euphonium. I like having and playing a variety of instruments. The next one on my wish list is a Bohemian guitar.

Current listening:  Hayes Carll, KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)

Nothing/Something

© 1986 Brian Hutzell

He does nothing very well and he recommends it

As a way of getting well if your world’s too hectic

“Nothing,” he said, “beats something better than anything.”

Well, it took me awhile to figure out what he meant

Then the concept made me smile and I forgot what he said

Nothing remains to clutter up my brain

Nothing is saved ‘cause everything’s the same

Nothing at all is hanging on the wall

“Nothing,” he said, “beats something better than anything.”

I do nothing very well and I enjoy it

I keep practicing the skill, it keeps me quiet

Nothing, I know, beats something better than anything

I’ve developed new interests to conserve my energy

Pinking lint of the carpet, watching the street

Nothing remains to clutter up my brain

Nothing is saved ‘cause everything’s the same

Nothing at all is hanging on the wall

Nothing, I know beats something better than anything.

It isn’t easy to do nothing

Too many distractions, too much something

It isn’t easy, too many ideas

You gotta keep changing ‘cause nothing is never the same thing

Nothing remains to clutter up my brain

Nothing is saved ‘cause everything’s the same

Nothing at all is hanging on the wall

“Nothing,” he said, “beats something better than anything.”

Nothing is just as easily lost as something

Nothing is just an easier form of something

Nothing

Something

“December Blues 5”

Brian Hutzell

from December Blues

Part 12 of MMXIII Variations