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inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
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not your run-of-the-mill book club | original music inspired by books

This song was simply trying to get inside the head of the main character, the inventor of the Time Machine; to imagine what it might be like to see what he saw, and why he might have chosen to disappear.

- Levi Fuller

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IMPORTANT MEN - lyrics

I saw myself as an important man
I socialized with men of great repute
The provincial Mayor was my friend
The medical man often came to dine

But I've seen things that make me reconsider
My estimation of myself and them
I've seen the end of man and culture and
I've seen the world end in ice and flame

I thought I was important
I thought that I was someone
But knowing as I do now
Now I understand that
There are no important men

So how am I supposed to face my friends?
I who so desired to gain their trust
Knowing as I do that all is nought
I'll ride again into oblivion

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The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Seattle, Washington

The Bushwick Book Club is not your run of the mill book club. When we read books, we also want to write songs about them. And when we write songs, we like to perform them for an audience. So we book shows, and invite an audience to read with us!

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