role out of the eighties b

so i leave school
full of plans for music girls n more music
break my arm on the holidays before
so magically avoiding doing my audition for the course
survive first 1/2 of semester
date a lovely girl
get close
breakup
but we're still friends even now
go on a camp
meet another girl
get really close
we go out for a couple o years
she is great
lots of love n
well, you know wot young people do . . .
lots of music besides that
playing my horns during the day
reading the scores and discovering
debussy n saint saens n satie
early music n renaissance stuff
experiment with sackbuts n the like
enjoy being arty farty n
almost being encouraged to do so
start playing on some peoples tapes n cd's
not an easy gig for a young muso
heres the track
heres the key
we want you to play something cool here
no not that
no not that either
oh thats sort of it
oh forget my ideas -what do you want to play?
anyway
sure you get the idea
it was fun
sometimes i got paid
sometimes it was for love
sometimes it was all night and i'd meet mates for brekkie n
then fall asleep in my girls bed
life went on
i formed bands
joined bands
did some stuff
played lots around the place
with various levels of success
broke up with girl and got crushed
took ages to get over it
my folks didnt really get it
thought it was just some crush
but it was the real deal
at least
as real as a 19 year old gets to experience
anyway
we are still friends now too
even thought it has taken us 10 years to get connected again
anyway the 80's ended
with me and a mate watching frank zappa and a super funky band
playing late on news years eve 1989
i was still young
bit more battered n bruised
but still full of energy
full of hopeful creativity
n wondering what the 90's
would bring?

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