"On the Run"

I recorded this one for my “Not Here” cassette. This would have been early 1986. Bob Rein mixed the recording, as he did several of my tapes during that time period. The 1980s were an interesting time for me. Now I tend to look back on them through the proverbial rose-colored glasses, but I know things were not perfect then. That was a time when I got a lot done creatively, however.

In all of my experimenting in the 1980s, one aspect of my life that I neglected for a few years was spirituality. Once I got interested in some religion classes at U. Mass, I began to correct that omission, but then for most of the 1990s, I didn’t give much thought to it. Now I am again devoting some time to spiritual considerations. Where will it lead? At this point, I don’t know.

Current listening: David Bowie, Young Americans

On the Run

© 1985 Brian Hutzell

Broke loose at seventeen

Never look back except in scorn

Broke hard into the scene

Another society queen is born

All the right clothes

All the right drugs in your nose

The right connections

The lingo down

The reputation around town

Exhibit A

Example 1

A textbook case

A rule of thumb

Everyday phenomenon

Another stray on the run

Hair styles come and go

Fashion fags, dancing fools

The dance floor is a show

But after awhile that gets old too

You made your mark

You live your life in the dark

Time to move on

The look has changed

The rebel spirit still untamed

Exhibit A

Example 1

A textbook case

A rule of thumb

Everyday phenomenon

Another stray on the run

All the right clubs

All the new loves to distrust

A new direction

A change of pace

The trend-setter with a new face

Exhibit A

Example 1

A textbook case

A rule of thumb

Everyday phenomenon

Another stray on the run

“Page 2”

Brian Hutzell

From Ages of Pages

Part 2 of MMXIII Variations