betty-jane

3:23 min

Betty-Jane once had big dreams and a decent plan. Her head was full of original and funny ideas and she had the impetus to change all sorts of things. For her, the world was a colorful playground filled with challenges and opportunities. She was excited and willing to go out there, make her voice heard, and spin the big wheel.

You may have a look at the lyrics here (pdf).

She soon realized that it was more complicated, more disappointing and even discouraging. It's not so easy to get what you want: Many applications, campaigns and commitments came to nothing and almost always the desired results did not materialize.

There must be many "Betty-Jane's"
and you probably know one of them.

But Betty-Jane stayed cool - and first shifted a gear back, first pursued a safer, less exciting path, the "plan B". But the longer she pursued plan B and adapted to the mundane, the more her dreams and ideas faded. It's more convenient to develop a daily routine, to be able to pay the rent every month, to buy lots of nice things and to consume nicely.

Only sometimes did the earlier ideas dawn in her head - like a phantom from the early days of fantastically naive illusions.

Although she sometimes sensed these lucidly dancing demons of the past, she preferred to remain in her stable, long-practiced everyday life and preferred not to get involved in anything unpredictable.

3:23 min 4.7 mb

music & text: andy enroe; guitars and e-bass: tanja soler zang; vocals, drums, kb, gt: andy enroe; executive musical advisor: tanja soler zang. paintings and graphical construction: andy enroe.