Neko Case on Watership Down.

From the Boston Globe:

I saw it on my mom’s nightstand, and there was a rabbit on the cover. And I thought, “Adults don’t read books about rabbits!’’ So I picked it up. I burned through the whole thing, and it totally changed my life. I was probably about 8.

I'm sure that she's got other literary lyrics/songs, but Margaret vs. Paulinewas inspired by a story in Richard Brautigan's In Watermelon Sugar:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmJRuh4fZp0]