Written originally for a songwriting class by Riley O'Boyle, Fruit Salad fit right into the dynamic of "Rubber Matt and the Dishwashers," so it was carried over into today's EP.
lyrics
VERSE 1
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One day, I looked in my refrigerator
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And said hey, there’s no food in here
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But wait, what’s this at the bottom?
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It was, a whole bunch of fruit
VERSE 2
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There were cherries, cranberries, and old
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farmer Larry’s quality guarantee
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With peaches, bananas, and Carlos Santana’s
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favorite kind of grape
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Watermelon, a lemon, some lime and a rhyme,
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to top it all off
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I wonder what I will do with all of this fruit, I
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think I will make…
CHORUS
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Some salad,
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Tasty salad,
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Hear my ballad
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About my salad, fruit salad
VERSE 3
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I eat it with a fork or a spoon
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It’s yummy, it fills me with food
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This fruit, I don’t know where it came from
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But oh well, it’s my lunch today
CHORUS
Salad,
Fruit salad,
Hear my ballad
‘bout some salad
BRIDGE
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Oh no, my roommate came home
DM
He sees my salad through the door
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He asks me Riley, is that my fruit salad?
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I say yes, and he runs towards me
CHORUS [x2]
My salad
Yes, my fruit salad
But I wrote this ballad
Bout my fruit salad, my salad
Outro
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My regret is flared
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As it falls on the floor
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Because we didn’t share
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Now there is no more
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Fruit Salad
credits
from The E.A.P. EP,
released August 28, 2012
Riley: Songwriter, guitar, lead vocals
Paul: Backup vocals, 'Roommate'
PJ: Backup vocals, backup guitar
PJ, Paul, and Mary's roots go deep into the kitchen staff of a summer camp in 2011. Originally "Rubber Matt and the
Dishwashers," Paul and Riley started out as a cover band at camp talent shows. After a warm reception at more than one of the shows, the group continued and advanced in their prowess. And so they go, into the future...