Name: The Willow Ptarmigan (And A TARDIS)
Duration: P00H03M06S
Description: Nikki pointed out that this bird has a very strange call, which I acknowledged as sounding like Woody Woodpecker beatboxing. This was the basis for the song, the rest flowed through improvisation.

The Willow Ptarmigan (And A TARDIS)

from Penguin Love Songs by Kevin Calaway

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Nikki pointed out that this bird has a very strange call, which I acknowledged as sounding like Woody Woodpecker beatboxing. This was the basis for the song, the rest flowed through improvisation.

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I’ve considered a lifetime of possibilities
The kind you don’t want to miss out on
Each of infinitesimal probability
If I were to bet I bet I’d be wrong
And yet in the sea of branching timelines I find
I am the luckiest man alive
Because out of all these possibilities
As luck would have it, you’re in mine

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from Penguin Love Songs, released July 12, 2017

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Kevin Calaway Seattle, Washington

I could while away the hours conferring with the flowers, consulting with the rain - but who has time for that? I regulate my mood with musical catharsis and publish my diary on the internet for the whole world to hear, wearing my heart and my influences on my sleeve like a man who really needs to do laundry. ... more

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