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UNTIL IT OPENS

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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Got the Rumi quote from an Aussie FLIX series
“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.”
So on my 77th Birthday I wrote a song stealing from the poet:
UNTIL IT OPENS
Turned out a bit Gilbert & Sullivan (which is cool; can picture
the costumes)

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UNTIL IT OPENS

You have to
break your heart
until it opens
You have to break it

sometimes ya feels
like the end of the world
n ya want t give up
on love

ya took a big chance
at the high school dance
n the one you wanted
found another

get back on the horse
you can ride again
ya know that yr heart will recover
from the pain you felt
from the eyes that lied
ya gave all of yourself
ya gave all of yourself

You have to
break your heart
until it opens
You have to break it

first time ya felt
someone beautiful
like an arrow to the heart

ya never felt anything
like this before
every look
a book was opened

then it was stolen away
every touch felt weird
every laugh was fake r inconclusive
they’d look over yr head
or out the window
how could ya have been so stupid?
how could ya have been so young?

You have to
break your heart
until it opens
You have to break it

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from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012
GBand selfie

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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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