Name: Pooka
Duration: P00H01M37S
Description: This was inspired by someone else's character in a game I was in. The chorus popped out when the Pooka did something particularly crazy, and the Pooka's player liked it so much I finished the song a few days later.

Pooka

from As Good As Any by Echo's Children

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This was inspired by someone else's character in a game I was in. The chorus popped out when the Pooka did something particularly crazy, and the Pooka's player liked it so much I finished the song a few days later.

lyrics

Sweet and fickle and quick and lazy,
She's big trouble, and a royal pain.
Damn if the pooka don't drive me crazy;
Damn if the pooka don't keep me sane.

I am fast but she is faster;
Wonder how she managed that.
She just laughed when I first asked her--
"All you need is a hob-stitched hat!"

I had heard in myth and rumor
Who might come to take my part;
Got no sense but a sense of humor;
Got no fear but a Firbolg heart.

The title "friend" I would afford her;
There's no finer in a fight.
Should you deign to give an order
She'll do the opposite--just for spite.

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from As Good As Any, released April 1, 1999

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Echo's Children Portland, Oregon

In 1995 Cat Faber and Callie Hills teamed up to form Echo's Children, a duo known for well crafted harmonies and interesting lyrics about science fiction and fantasy subjects. They worked together until 2003, when Cat Faber moved to Tennessee and the group broke up. ... more

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