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Son, you wouldn’t be hearing this song
Unless something happened that’s big and that’s bad
Perhaps you’ve been reading the Bible all wrong
And lost all the riches that we ever had

But don’t panic, stay calm and alert
Keep an eye out for some kind of sign
If you hadn’t lost your shirt
You wouldn’t pay this world too much mind
And I died before it made any sense
Is it all just as crazy to you as to me?
If there’s anything special to report
Leave it under the pillow of room 223
At The Wilburhampton Hotel

Nobody loved me when I was alive
There was nothing much good on TV
I couldn’t find any hobbies I liked
And then you were conceived
But I never made you my hobby
I never made you my son
Still, I named you Faithful Messenger
And I’m hoping that you are the one

I’ve eaten dates from the calendar
Drank water from bed springs
But I never could figure out the most important of all things
And even a half-dead man hates to be alive and not see any point to it
So Malachi,
Is it all just as crazy to you as to me?
If there’s anything special to report
Leave it under the pillow of room 223
At The Wilburhampton Hotel
Sincerely, your father, Noel Constant

PS- 'Don't touch your principal,' and 'Keep the liquor bottle out of the bedroom.'

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from Bushwick Book Club presents THE SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut, released January 21, 2012
Recorded live at Goodbye Blue Monday in Bushwick on January 19, 2012.

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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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