"Lay Down, Lady"

I remember practicing this one endlessly upstairs in the Medford apartment where Bob and I were living. I’m sure my poor neighbors downstairs got sick of hearing me! In spite of all that practice, though, I never recorded this one.

Lay Down, Lady

© 1987 Brian Hutzell

Is it evidence of my insensitivity

If it bothers you, please accept my apology

When I look at clouds there are no faces and no castle that I see

When I see a cloud I pray for it to blow away

Nothing makes me sad the way a sky that's turning gray

There's no picnic, we'll be staying in

Make no mistake, it's gonna rain

Tell it like it is

Why should I tell it any other way

Honest to a fault

But then what did you expect me to say

When I see you there wearing a shirt that barely fits

Either you're in heat or you're an exhibitionist

Don't pretend to be offended when you hear me say to you:

Lay down, lady

Let me be your lover

Lay down, lady

Let me feel you shudder

Lay down, lady

Let go - loose and limber

Lay down, lady

Listen to the whimpering

When I see a piece of art that others say is great

What I think about is all the time it took to make

Such a silly waste

So many useful items could have filled its place

When you turn me on I won't respond with poetry

Your emotions don't affect my mental chemistry

Something in my soul won't let me go around dressed up for Halloween

If it isn't real, I'm not impressed and I won't come again

I don't want to hear any more euphemisms

Don't pretend

Lay down, lady

Let me be your lover

Lay down, lady

Let me feel you shudder

Lay down, lady

Let go - loose and limber

Lay down, lady

Listen to the whimpering

By any other name it's still the same

Don't be ashamed

There is nothing magical or sentimental in the way we play

Lay down, lady

Play, lady

Lay down, lady

Let me be your lover

Lay down, lady

Let me feel you shudder

Lay down, lady

Let go - loose and limber

Lay down, lady

Listen to the whimpering

“December Blues 16”

Brian Hutzell

From December Blues

Part 12 of MMXIII Variations