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Oahu

In the dreamy little swindle where the strangler fig holds sway
They have made the queen a prisoner and they took her crown away

Oh oh oh oh ah Oahu

She's locked inside her palace where she sits and sews all day
In a skirt of downy feathers and a yellow colored lei

Now she plies her needle to embroider every bird
On a quilt of silk and satin that will cover up the world

You can gather up the idols you can put em in a fire
You can burn em into cinders but the ancient gods don't die

There will come a moment when a wave will wash away
All the saints and all the strangers it might even be today

When we meet we'll touch our noses and we'll breath each other in
With the breezes full of flowers and the sunshine on our skin

(for Queen Liliuokalani)

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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