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That's Why I Wrote This Song
- Written by Susanne Gervay, music & lyrics written & sung by Tory Gervay
- Read chapter 1 of "That's Why I Wrote This Song"
- Video clip Psycho Dad produced by Rachel Guerry
- See the video on Youtube
- Psycho Dad by Tory
- I Wanna Be Found by Tory
- Listen to Psycho Dad & I Wanna Be Found
- Read the lyrics for Psycho Dad & I Wanna Be Found
- Read the sheet music for Psycho Dad
- Winner of New York Book Fair Award 2009
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Rock bands, concerts, festivals
Rebel without a cause
Except there is always a cause
And the questions:-
WHY AM I HERE?
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
GUYS? GIRLS? HOPE?
and
FATHERS?
And it's there throughout the book, the songs, the video.
'That's Why I Wrote This Song' is the journey of four sixteen-seventeen year old girls and their relationships with their fathers - the good, the bad and the PSYCHO - and how that impacts on their relationships with boys, each other and their lives.
'That's Why I Wrote This Song' is about dependence-independence, guys, friendship, sexuality, mothers and daughters and the music:
- Rock concerts
- Big Day Out
- Weekend music festivals
- The rock band with the four girls and
- Eddie and their band called NOT PERFECT