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Susan Hwang - Changed By Fruit

from The Bushwick Book Club Volume 1 by The Bushwick Book Club

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Susan wrote and performed this song for the April 2009 Bushwick Book Club inspired by Roald Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach." For more Susan Hwang, visit susanhwanglalala.com.

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I remember when
I didn't have any friends
Just insults and abuse from 2 means aunts
and my folks were killed by a rhinoceros.

Then one day I did what I was told what to do
i took magic from a stranger, hell what did I have to lose?
He said, "Come right up close." I was too scared to move.

I got hold of the magic just like the old man said.
Then I tripped and fell and spilled everything that I had.
But who says that messes can't be magic too.
That spill, it made a peach and it grew and grew.

And you'd never guess
that because of that mess
I'd roll away from misery and kill my aunts to boot.
From that I learned, roll with the peach and your life is changed by fruit.

Sometimes, it gets weirder before it gets better, that's the truth
And the way from A to B it ain't the obvious to route, no.
Sometimes you have to talk to strangers and your life is changed by fruit.
You've got to roll with the peach and your life is changed by fruit.


And the seas are full of sharks and the skies get mean and dark
and your friends all agree that we're all doomed.
And it's not the promised land like we assumed.

Sometimes, it gets weirder before it gets better, that's the truth
And the way from A to B it ain't the obvious to route, no.
Sometimes you have to talk to strangers and your life is changed by fruit.
You've got to roll with the peach and your life is changed by fruit.

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from The Bushwick Book Club Volume 1, released April 6, 2010
This was recorded by Matt Roth at Olive Juice Music.

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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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