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np: "Singing Joy to the World" - Fruit Bats

Sometimes a song can be really lovely in spite of itself. This is such a song. If I were to see the lyrics to this song printed out before hearing it, I'd probably have tried my best to stay far away from it. Loneliness cliches, Three Dog Night references, no thanks. But damned if it isn't a beautiful song that caught me totally unaware one night driving home from my former job. Here's a particularly lovely acoustic version from an in-store performance:

(for the record: this song's parent album, Ruminant Band, is all-around pretty lovely)