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Maria Sonevytsky - Miracle Birth

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

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Maria wrote and performed this for the September 2009 performance of the Bushwick Book Club inspired by short stories written by Book Club members. This song was inspired by Matt Colbourn's short story, "Leap For The Miracle Baby." For more Maria Sonevytsky, visit mariasonevytsky.com.

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The virgin of a carpenter was visited in the night,
By an angel who told her that a baby was in sight.
She had it in a manger and the wise men came with myrrh,
And the angel chorus sang about the miracle birth.

Miracle birth of the lamb of God,
There was no hanky-panky but no one felt odd,
Because the misery of life became the miracle of birth,
And true or not disciples spread it all around the earth.

Origin stories when the planets collide,
And the chaos and the curse of the miracle birth.
And then the existential quandary and the moral quagmire,
Honey, I’m just glad you were born.

I’m just glad you were born,
So I don’t have to be here alone.

A white elephant came to Queen Maya with a lotus,
To tell her she was pregnant which I guess she hadn’t noticed.
So she told it to her husband but her husband didn’t mind,
‘Cause everybody knew the baby coming was divine.

And the villagers rejoiced when the baby sprang forth,
And he took seven steps towards the lotuses in the north.
The wise men wrote it down and they put it in a book,
The story of the Buddha and his miracle birth.

Origin stories…

Zeus woke up with a horrible migraine,
Like someone with a sword was hacking right into his brain.
By noon it got so bad ow thud thud thud,
That he asked Hephaestus to crack his skill.

And out she sprang, a warrior full grown.
Athena, Minerva, a goddess was born.
Once in mortal fear Zeus had swallowed up her mom,

But now everything was cool and everybody got along.

Origin stories…

credits

from The Bushwick Book Club Volume 1, released April 6, 2010
Recorded by Matt Roth at Olive Juice Music. Maria on lead vocals, bari-ukulele, Mia Pixley on backing vocals and cello, Susan Hwang on backing vocals and drums.

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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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