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Book of Fiction

Shannon Curtis

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Record Details

Released
2013

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Don’t stand so close to me
We make electricity
And it would help if you’d say something
Instead of staring at me with those eyes
It’s getting harder for me to disguise
That I’d like to feel your lips on mine

Maybe in another country
Maybe on a distant shore
Maybe if I’d made a left instead
Or wandered through a different door
Maybe on a faraway planet
In a futuristic time
Maybe in a book of fiction, I’d have been yours

Don’t be so interesting
Or smart, and kind, and funny
I’m having trouble remembering
Why I can’t just walk over and say
“Whatcha doing the rest of the day?
How about you and me run away?”

Maybe in an ancient temple
On the sound of an an unheard prayer
Maybe if I’d answered “yes” instead
Or followed a whim somewhere
Maybe in a mountain kingdom
Where the people speak in rhyme
Maybe in a book of fiction, I’d have been yours

The story goes like this
We meet and then we kiss
And then it goes, how stories go
Till happily it ends

Maybe in an Argo vessel
In the light of the farthest star
Maybe we’ll be born again someday
And I’ll remember who you are
Maybe on a desert island
In an era before our time
Maybe in a book of fiction, I’d have been yours
And you’d have been mine

Maybe in a book of fiction you’d have been mine


words and music by Shannon Curtis
published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
all rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission

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Shannon Curtis: 80s kids @ Yoshi's
Oakland, California, United States
June 19, 2025
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Oakland! We can't think of anyone else with whom we'd rather spend our FINAL STOP on this 80s kids debut tour. We can't wait to celebrate our mission of MAXIMUM JOY with you back at the one and only Yoshi's. If you're feeling it, 80s dress is highly encouraged; freebies at the merch table for anyone sporting era-appropriate fashion! Doors 7:30 (7:00 VIP) / show 8.
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June 21, 2025
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