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MY MOMMA SAID

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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I wanted to write a ‘riff’ song. We tried it, just as an instrumental, last night at rehearsal and it rocked bawlz! Then I crammed it up w lyrics. We shall re-arrange properly down the eventual road. How many great songs began with or included the remembrance ‘My Momma Said’? This is no pop mom’s advice for her kid in love. I took liberties with things she actually said (though some here are verbatim) and things she implied. The list of quotes is endless. I can still hear her voice saying these things. Meanwhile Mum has a watchful eye on all us kids to this day. My moral compass still, no question.

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MY MOMMA SAID

my momma said
my momma said

if ya can’t say somethin’
somethin’ nice
don’ say
don’t say nothin’

ya gotta be
ya gotta be
ya gotta be a friend
t yr sisters

i can see in yr eyes
i can see in yr eyes
i can see in yr eyes
i can see in yr eyes when yr lyin’

oh how nice for you
that you are
president
of yr class
go clean up yr room
n do it fast
my presidential
son

my momma said
my momma said

no he never did
no he never did ever
no he never did love
no he never did love me

don’t you ever
don’t you ever
don’t you ever fart
in public

sometimes i think
i love animals
more than people

you will make it down
down to Philly
on Christmas
don’t mess this up

my momma said
my momma said

id rather have
id rather have a fag
a fag for a son
than a drunk
than a drunk
than a drunk
for a husband
for a husband

my momma said

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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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