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WHEN I RUN OUTA WORDS

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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Listening to an Iggy Pop song the other night, I thought I should take a crack at a chorus made up of nonsense syllables. A quasi singalong. Picture pretty hippie girls with tasseled tambourines, flowers in their hair, circled up at a Kumbaya hootenanny in a field of clover. Back when the 60’s were innocent and all ya needed was love.

This song, I dunno, a bit too smarmy for today’s nasty rhetoric, and an unlikely Nickel & Dime Band possible, but I don’t mind my temporary visit to the days of wine, roses and LSD.

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WHEN I RUN OUTA WORDS

i been tryin’ t tell ya, baby
all night long
‘bout the feelings i have
‘bout what i don’ wrong
put another way
in another song
the words i got
seem totally gone
when i run outa words
they get caught in my throat
when i run outa words
when i’m goin’ for broke
when i run outa words
i need a brand new stroke
when i run outa words

na na-na-na na…

i stammer n stutter
i think in need a drink
im stealin’ th truth
so my eyes don’t blink
hold my hand to yr heart
n yll know what i think
hold my eyes in the dark
im over by the sink
when i run outa words
they get caught in my throat
when i run outa words
when i’m goin’ for broke
when i run outa words
i need a brand new stroke
when i run outa words

na na-na-na na…

i read somewhere
that when love is true
it don’t take poetry
t get yr feelings through
the jungle in yr heart
r the shiver in yr voice
the spark in yr touch
baby, i have no choice
when i run outa words
they get caught in my throat
when i run outa words
when i’m goin’ for broke
when i run outa words
i need a brand new stroke
when i run outa words

na na-na-na na…

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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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