S.J. Tucker

SJ Tucker, called "Sooj" by her friends, is very grateful to be so warmly and thoroughly welcomed into the filking community.

Currently living a gypsy life on the road, Sooj tours the country full-time as a solo singer/songwriter and is a member of several bands, including Skinny White Chick, Tricky Pixie, the Traveling Fates, and a "secret project" called Kitten Sundae. She is also largely responsible for founding the Lost Girls Pirate Academy.

She was guest of honor at Arisia and Confusion in 2010, scheduled to be guest of honor at MuseCon 2011, and highly privileged to be a guest of honor with Tricky Pixie at WorldCon 2011, WindyCon 2010, MEWCon 2010 and previously at Consonance 2010 and OryCon 2008.

And to think that it wasn't that long ago when it all started... when Heather Alexander asked Sooj: "Do you need a fiddle player?"

Representative Work for the 2010 Pegasus. Note- this is NOT a song nominated for the 2010 Pegasus Awards.

The Truth about Ninjas

Copyright © 2008 by S.J. Tucker, All rights reserved
Used by permission

I have the advantage of being relatively well known for singing good songs about pirates. I'm not sure whether "Ninjas" would be quite as big of a crowd favorite without my pirate songs already being on my audiences' radar. Therefore, I feel that in this case, both sides are winners in the ninjas vs. pirates debate. - S. J. Tucker

Paragon of dignity
untouchable and lethal
but there's more to life than shuriken.

sudden death comes easy
when you practice every day
you'll think you're ten feet tall and bulletproof
until you pass my way
and you will never see it coming
no one's sad to see you go
within my eyes you'll glimpse a wisdom
you were not prepared to know
In fearing what you cannot see
you fall beneath my hand
this is a ninja thing you wouldn't understand

you will never know I'm here
until it's far too late
it is a ninja's way to pass unseen
and not to storm the gate
Moving quieter than kitten
circumnavigating law
tiptoeing merciless as nightfall
until I pounce and disappear again
you'll never hear a thing
the soul has always been corrupted
but the heart and hands are clean
Sworn enemies fall lifeless
though they never see my face
the game is glory but I take my joy
in leaving not a trace
My actions quick as lightning
unintended to hurt you I'm only
doing what a ninja's gotta do

Following the way
creeping night and day
I won't say life is hard
but I must restrain my urges to run naked through my yard

No ninja goes out streaking
it just simply isn't done
my career would shrivel up and die
but damn would it be fun!
To see the neighbors' eyes
as big as saucers peeking from their doors
I'd pirouette beneath the moonlight
days of skulking, hiding, sneaking,
and assassinating enemies no more!!

Just one streak of brightness
in a world of black and blue
I'd just be doing what a ninja's gotta do
wouldn't you?
go skinny-dipping like a ninja's gotta do!