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I was influenced by a lady I met on the net. She's a fellow musician/singer/songwriter/engineer and I was quickly impressed by her skills and sense of humor. She posted a little ditty of her singing, with an accented voice, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM FRUIT BASKET with the camera going in and out of focus on her face. I thought this was hilarious and it stuck in my mind. And for people who know me, if there's something stuck in my head, I can only get it out by writing about it. Originally, it was going to be a full on comedy, but since I don't write those very well, I decided to smooth it out a little, and it became a light-hearted Christmas holiday tune. It's still a nonsense song, not meant to be anything except a little fun. For this recording, I took the audio of the video she posted and reworked it into this song. This is also the first song I wrote completely inside my head with no musical instruments to help out. I just sat in front of the computer with Christi O'Donnell's chorus and wrote out the tune. It wasn't until I started the recording process that I worked out the chord progression, etc.

This is song #596.

This is song #596.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

lyrics

EVERYBODY NOW: BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET.

YOU HAVE SOME FRUIT IN YOUR BASKET, BUT ALL YOU HAVE IS ONLY PLASTIC.
THE HOLIDAYS COME WITHOUT A CHEER, FEELING HEAVY IN THE REAR.

YOU EAT HEALTHILY FOR THE HOLIDAYS, HOPING IT COMES AND COMES WHAT MAY.
A DEEP SADNESS LOOMS OVERHEAD, SO YOU SING A SONG OF THIS INSTEAD:

EVERYBODY NOW: BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET.

WALK DOWN THE STREET TO THIS BEAT, MOVIN' YOUR FEET AND OFF THE SEAT.
YOU EXERCISE AND VOCALIZE, AND MOVE YOUR THIGHS AND HARMONIZE.

EVERYBODY NOW: BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET.

WHAT'S OUTSIDE IS EDIBLE, BUT WHAT'S INSIDE IS TERRIBLE.
YOUR HANDS ARE SWEATY, AND YOUR KNEES ARE WEAK,
YOU'RE TRYING TO STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET.
YOU HAVE A GIFT IN YOUR TWO HANDS, ONLY FEW CAN UNDERSTAND.
SO TAKE THAT APPLE, AND ALL THAT FRUIT, AND MAKE THEM GO LOOP DEE LOOP.

EVERYBODY NOW: BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET.

YOU FIND THE STRENGTH INSIDE YOU, AND DANCE AWAY ALL YOUR BLUES.
A MUG OF COFFEE, A CUP OF JOE, SAYIN' HAPPILY, HO-HO-HO!

EVERYBODY NOW: BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET,
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM FRUIT BASKET.

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from LISTEN TO THE SILENT SNOW [Digitally Remastered], released December 13, 2015
Wayde K. Brown-Christi O'Donnell

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I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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