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A HYMN FORGOTTEN (for Alex Gang)

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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When your friend is hurt, physically, emotionally and hard to reach, sometimes the best you can do is, simply, love them. Alex knows this better than anyone. He lives to give (my Haiku shorthand for the guy).
Many times I've overheard him through our paper thin walls, talking someone down from darkness. Never advice, just empathy and compassion.

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A HYMN FORGOTTEN
for Alex Gang)

there is hymn
that i’ve
forgotten
there is a prayer
that i
should know
but it has vanished
a face
i can’t remember
of someone rare
who held me
close
a silver dollar
in the falling
snow

it’s not
for me
to sing it
it’s not a whisper
r a tear
that falls
it’s just a love
that’s
universal
a single song
that brings
me home
back to that street
where i
belong

on porches
bus stations
n ballparks
in a city block
we stand
together
not that far
apart
two souls
outside
screaming

screaming at the stars
screaming our lungs out
in the back yard

we stand together
r were nothing
nothing at all
feel my heart
against yr hand
it just like
yours
my heart is just

like yours

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from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012
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Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) Jamaica Plain

A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen ... more

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