Digital Program
Original music inspired by William Goldman’s The Princess Bride
Original music inspired by William Goldman’s The Princess Bride
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle
presents
Original Music Inspired by
William Goldman’s The Princess Bride
April 11, 2026
at Hugo House
Hosted by Wes Weddell
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Featuring Musical Performances from
(Click name for primary link, * = first Bushwick appearance, ^ = lyrics included below)
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Sarah Comer
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Fae Wiedenhoeft
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Travis Palmer*^
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Hi Crime*^
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The Royal Oui*^
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Allison Preisinger
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Tether the Star*^
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Intisaar
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PERFORMER-PROVIDED LYRICS
Rights to all song lyrics ©/℗ the individual artists, reprinted here—exactly as submitted—with permission
Big, that’s all I am
Don’t want to fight
Just ’cause you know I can
It seems I’ve got no say in this
So I’ll befriend my fist
It’s the only one that listens to me
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Bleak, that’s how it seems
Now I’m alone
With just my parent’s dreams
I weep cause I’m a freak (speak)
On a steep downward streak
With no place to call home
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Chorus
And did you know, no one asks me how my day was
Didn’t you know, no one asks me how I am
I’ll talk less if it makes you happy
Bring the princess to her end because I need you
Because I need you
Because I need you, you’re my friend
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Please, don’t ever leave me
Alone, out here on my own
Vizzini could you bring me
You’ll need me
Near as much as I need you
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True, the sky is blue
Unlike my hell
That’s filled with jeers and boos
Befriend me
And defend me
This hell I didn’t choose
Is so much worse than your abuse
SOLO
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Chorus
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Oh, I see you’re dead
A shove, a shake
But you just wouldn’t wake
My friend’s gone
So I’ll be moving on
And find some nicer friends
Change how my story ends
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Hi Crime
As You Wish
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Go look at the boy you have known
with affection now he has shown
promises, true love guaranteed
Soon bereaved when he’s cut down at sea
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Don’t forget words from the heart.
Getting tired of falling apart.
I’d rather jump this old ship and drown
than being courted by the crown
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When we all go back on the horse
fall silent again, hearing words that say
“as you wish”
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Dreadful eyes peering through the black
Rolling down the hill when he’s back
Never doubt again the return
True love’s always going to burn
When we all go back on the horse
fall silent again, hearing words that say
“as you wish”
When we all go back on the horse
fall silent again, hearing words that say
“as you wish”
The Royal Oui
Happily Ever After
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I am trying to tell you a story
A fable or allegory
It’s littered with grief and broken hearts
So let’s just focus in on the good parts
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This is true love this is true love, it’s true
This is true love this is true love, it’s true
True
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I survived pirates on the high seas
Brought giants and geniuses to their knees
Came back from the cliffs of insanity
Poisoned myself so no one could poison me
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This is true love this is true love, it’s true
This is true love this is true love, it’s true
True
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Happily ever after is just a way to say nothing ever goes wrong
Happily ever after is just a way to say nothing ever goes wrong
But something always goes wrong
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This is true love, this is true love, it’s true
This is true love, this is true love, it’s true
True
True, it’s true love
True, it’s true love
True, it’s true love
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Tether the Star
Anchored Slumber
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Take me under!
I will never love again.
Slow-motion splinter!
I sink to the ocean floor.
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A dream within a dream,
A forever night
Behind my eyes
A holding place
Where I see your face.
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But the rolling thunder,
Along the mountainside divide,
Breaks my anchored slumber!
Don’t expect too much from life.
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Now must I concede
To live a life I don’t believe?
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Can I retreat
To all the memories of your gaze,
To every time you showed me grace?
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Those eyes like the sea before the storm,
Restless and true
Holding me through it all,
Ever after,
far away.
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Knowing our love is true.