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WILL BEAUTY SAVE THE WORLD?

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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Awhile back, I saw that my nephew, Naren Clark, had the words: 'beauty will save the world' on the side of his body. Looked it up. 'THE IDIOT' - Fyodor Dostoevsky. So love the idea. Had it tattooed on my arm (in Russian). Wrote a new version of this as a song, but this time, given the roiling uncertainty in the world, I wrote it as a question.

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WILL BEAUTY SAVE THE WORLD?

i wonder
will beauty
save the world?

an old lady
w smiling eyes
+ a boy
who jus' won't cry
+ a dad
who loves his son
sunny days
when yr work is done

i wonder
will beauty
save the world?

a dog
who loves a cat
+ a book
in a pretty girl's lap
a house
lit up in snow
+ a fan
who loves the show

i wonder
will beauty
save the world?

a friend
who knows where ya are
+ a song
on a sad guitar
a laugh
that fills a room
+ a face
that hangs the moon

i wonder
i’m askin’
will beauty
save the world?

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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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