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BASEBALL PARK suckin on a daydream popsicle stick sticky in my hand get rid of it quick blue sky darkens n the big drops fall like middle eastern bullets makin blood marks on a wall + a temporary lover write a chocolate poem on a lampshade silouette watch her shoulders shake like the prettiest girl in that Mexican movie roadtrip crying + cuming at the same time, you wonder what’s it gonna be tonight? I really want t know you helium voices crack a window pane + a Star Wars kid s cuttin lines o cocaine fire up a baby carriage throw it off the roof it's rainin out but you dont care yr heart is bullet proof you see what I see yes I think you do but ya never can be sure cuz it’s hot t be cool at least yr feelin something like a baseball park on the tip of yr finger I really want t know you I really wanna see you tonight will ya mess me up ...real good? yr heart in my hand like a kick drum in a band ricochet down a wire like a walkie talkie tin can I think Im getting stupider like a disco boy on a brand new drug I really want t know you I really wanna see you tonight you see what I see yes I think you do but ya never can be sure cuz it’s hot t be cool at least yr feelin something like a baseball park on the tip of yr finger I really want to know you I really want to see ya tonight
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Hit In The Face streets i walk in the neon night tattoo n lip rings cigret jes right nail in the tongue eyes outa sight studs jes so + pants too tight im thinkin i know what’s wrong with these kids it ain’t that h’es stupid ‘s that he’s never been hit in the face he’s sittin w/ her but she lookin at me im just here drinkin not much to see he size me up you know what I mean? but i got that thing i reel her in clean im thinkin i know what’s wrong with this kid it ain’t that he’s stupid ‘s that he’s never been hit in the face happend t me jes after school turned 14 cocky + cool three kids jump me sit on my chest think it turnd em on you know the rest im thinkin i know what’s wrong with these kids it ain’t that they’re stupid ‘s that they never been kissed in the face i wish they’d know what i knew as a kid gettin hit in the face + what it did freedom r manhood r a saving grace the smell of life in the blood you taste amen well i don’t know much but i do know this i aint scared o nuthin cuz i been hit right here you can touch it yll see what i mean my chin my nose my eyes my spleen i think i know what you want from me what you want from me what you want from me ya wanna be hit ya wanna be hit ya wanna be hit ya wanna be hit
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Jeila 05:15
JEILA the darker the night the brighter the stars hey it’s only yr pain it’s not who you are + ya wish things wr different + it makes ya mad it makes ya mad oh baby impossibly lonely yr surrounded by friends but you go home alone to yr laundry-filled room bright eyes in the mirror + yr scared yr boy crazy + it makes ya mad it makes ya mad oh baby unbearably lonely Jeila don ya worry Jeila don be sad Cuz yr pretty + ya paint cool pictures + ya come from Iran oh oh oh ya smoke too much + you puked last night + yr girlfriend’s got a boyfriend there’s no end in sight so ya wanna be tough + it makes ya mad it makes ya mad oh baby unreachably lonely Jeila don ya worry Jeila don be sad Cuz yr pretty + ya paint cool pictures + ya come from Iran oh oh oh ya gotta believe Jeila don ya worry Jeila don be sad Cuz yr so pretty + ya paint cool pictures...
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Buddha 03:50
BUDDHA it's a sad, sad world it's a sad, sad world + i am just pretending to be good inscrutable mona lisa in the hood it's a blue, blue sky it's a blue, blue sky faces as transparent as rain on a pane of glass it's a blue, blue sky i am the buddha i am the buddha it's a cold, cold night it's a cold, cold night outa work + outa love standing single file it's a cold, cold night i am the buddha i am the buddha i am the buddha i am the buddha
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Average Guy 03:25
AVERAGE GUY Im just an average guy Livin’ beyond my means Fallin’ in love between the cracks Fallin’ in love between the cracks Back to back Pour me another beer How do I get there from here? Im just an average guy Livin’ beyond my means Fallin’ in love between the cracks Fallin’ in love between the cracks Back to back I don’t care for a pretty face Just someone who can run my race They say that I lack ambition But that’s just my ammunition Im just an average guy Livin’ beyond my means Fallin’ in love between the cracks Fallin’ in love between the cracks Back to back Back to back Back to back Back to back
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Green St. 04:30
GREEN ST theres a house in the middle of a street hey ya jes might miss it if you weren’t lookin but it ain’t tryin t be discrete people go there put up their feet + yr never sure who lives there r which one is pete? but you don’t care yr jus stoppin’ by f beer house on green st s really something good like a hippie but not really like a beatnik youve misunderstood they only listen t lps got this peacock on the wall drink wine out of a cereal box standin 10 stories tall + ya wish it was yr place but ya know that this can’t last love that good’s forever lost as a thing of the past house on green st s really something fine like a house that ran away from home a miner squintin’ up from the mine stay up all night on cheap alcohol kid in the yard w/ a beat up guitar tryin’ t write a song one shoe off, one shoe on dreamin of India, or maybe Ceylon it’s the United State I like cuz it ain’t like a country at all house on green st s really something swell like a 40s chain gang dustbowl tune like a distant ringing bell there’s feeling that sneaks up on you when you’re sure when you’re sure that you r not alone...anymore
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Nothing 03:46
Nothing i like it when nothing happens + things go on forever dreamed of a kiss scary + true fell off a boat into the blue wake up sad but i was happy too kissin’ would be cool but it would never do i like it when nothing happens + things go on forever my best friend in high school close too this day die for the kid he knows how to stay locked up in honesty he tells me - ok? he wanted me he did but wr better off hands off stayin’ away i like it when nothing happens + things go on forever stay connected unmolested fantasy is real im emotional junkie its not even funny my fix you can not steal i like it when nothing happens + things go on forever
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The Knife 03:44
The Knife Wr gettin outa here we can’t take it been here 1 too many yrs Wr gettin outa here We can’t shake it this culture of fear big brother is watching w/ newspaper eyes the cell is a sleeper on the knife Wr gettin outa here we can’t take it been here 1 too many yrs Wr gettin outa here We can’t shake it this culture of fear circle the wagons w/ crime on the rise number one w/ a bullet kid, get outa here ‘fore they ask ya t fall on the knife old men run th show again sending young kid off t war blood all over their wrinkled hands they tell ya what yr fighting for they tell ya what yr fighting for Wr gettin outa here we can’t take it been here 1 too many yrs Wr gettin outa here We can’t shake it this culture of fear
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La Dolce Vita (free) 03:54
LA DOLCE VITA Just outa work Drivin 2 LA A party in Allston Beer on the way Pull to stop light Kids on the lamb Skateboards + cops … I Crack open a can Off to the right From a Yellow Cab Miles of woman In slo motion, man The way she moved Like Divine Her ass: right/left…right La Dolce Vita Get out of a cab Anita Ekberg In a dress That could shatter…glass Thing of it was When she got out She shivered r something Her breasts flipped out But she was so cool With a casual shrug Better than Sex In The City La Dolce Vita Get out of a cab Anita Ekberg In a dress That could shatter…glass Everyone held their breath Not a sound was heard Just high heels on asphault Like a single perfect word
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Depth Charge 06:41
Depth Charge if im gonna write a song bout you better get drunk if im gonna write a song bout you better be drunk better be when i watch you yr eyes say here i am when you watch me you read a question pour me another one when ya can yr mama she paint pictures ah ah + they’re happy as can be but my god ya really hate them so much cuz they say nuthin bout her history they say nuthin that could set her free ya wanna be my ya wanna be my ya wanna be my friend ya met her in a bar in Spain + she knew you right away + she pushed you to the edge of being terrified by the depthcharge in yr head lookin at you lookin at me lookin at you lookin at me waiting to try anything ya wanna be my ya wanna be my ya wanna be my friend if im gonna write a song bout you better get drunk if im gonna write a song bout you better be drunk
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Undiscovered Star i am an independant film + you my undiscovered star we never had anything anyway that wasn’t already ours scratch beneath the surface interrogate a soul there’s a story there can break yr heart if ya take the time t know she’s never just a waitress she’s never just a geek she’s never just a power suit loves Jesus secretly oh oh oh oh chorus I pass you on the street yr whole life walking by Id sooner get a light from you than some deeper kind of ‘hi’ move shyly up yr t-shirt + slowly to yr face something says yr real shook up yr pain is my disgrace oh oh oh oh chorus
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PRETTY GOOD LINE I don't like his band He don't like mine Don't like his friends Told 'em to fuck off I thought it was a pretty good line at the time He complains that the grass I smoke makes me stupid & I told him you got a little bit of a drinking problem I thought it was a pretty good line at the time He's silent but deadly & I am loud he bares my sarcasm like a shroud He says I got my head up my ass I thought it was a pretty good line at the time It's no joke my feet held to the fire I screen his smoke around him I'm still a pretty good liar & defender of the Zone we hold He tells me lately he's addicted to sex he can't get enough & I tell him you fuck all the time but the problem is you don't FEEL anything I thought it was a pretty good line at the time He's in pain when he's in love, poor boy he's a masochist & I say your tits are in the ashtray that's all it is I thought it was a pretty good line at the time

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THE SHELLEY WINTERS PROJECT went into WOOLLY MAMMOTH SOUND (The weeping behemoth has folded her tent. The catacomb rehearsal/label/studio so many have slogged away in for years is being torn to bits to make room for - you guessed it - condERminiums.) Anyhow SWP slid in there one long night and recorded 17 songs live. (Sir David Minehan crawled all over the place - ass in air - to get things right.) Overdubbed vocals and one or two bits of guitar, violin. Mixed when we could. In many ways it's SHELLEY's truest record. No other instruments or players took part save those last remaining: Meredith Cooper - violin. Jeff Muzerolle - drums. Noah Scanlan - bass. David Berndt - guitar. Berlin - Berlin. Realize it's been said before, but as far as this old lady's concerned, SHELLEY is her LAST BAND EVER. Will miss Mr. Minehan with all my heart. Less some big idea with big bucks wades into my life.

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released September 22, 2002

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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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