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Laura Brenneman - I Never Thought I Was Wasted But I Probably Was

from The Bushwick Book Club presents Keith Richards' "Life" by The Bushwick Book Club

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Laura Brenneman wrote and performed this song for the September 2011 Bushwick Book Club performance inspired by Keith Richards' "Life." Here's a transcript of her introduction to the song -- "So I wrote this song... it's terrible, it's the worst song, the stupidest song ever, ever written. I wrote it today between teaching piano lessons, and one of my 2 students is this 65 year old Brazilian woman named Irma; I'm totaly in love with her, but she came in, she was wearing all these rings, and she was having trouble, and I was like, 'Well is it the rings?' and she's like 'No, it is not the rings,' and I said okay. I thought it was very Keith Richards of her, like 'I'm going to wear my rings,' if Keith Richard was an elderly Brazilian woman, which he sometimes looks like, I don't know..." For more Laura Brenneman, please visit www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Brenneman/23283202578

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'I Never Thought I Was Wasted But I Probably Was'

Somebody put me on the fastest train to anywhere but here
I laugh like an elevated train that's been rattling high for years

It ruins your sleep, but it keeps me going on

I used to think that Johnny Depp was dealing drugs to my son
I thought this for two entire years and well i guess,
I was mistaken

I never thought i never thought I was wasted,
but I probably was.

'Non, je ne regrette rien' is what I've always said,
But that poseur Mick Jagger wouldn't know his A** from his Zed...

I never thought i never thought I was wasted,
but I probably was.

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from The Bushwick Book Club presents Keith Richards' "Life", released September 15, 2011
Recorded live at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

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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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