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TRUE STORY
04:08
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TRUE STORY
well i gotta figure out
just what it’s gonna take
w the fire in my belly
on a w coast trip
takin’ acid by the ocean
w a kid
from santa barbara
oh oh oh
well i’d tell ya if i could
but i can’t be sure
that the jelly fish
were laughin’
at me
and i’d bet a million dollars
they was talkin’ trash
in french
s’il vous plait
oh oh oh
i believe
in flower power
man i love
the doors
well i stole a pack of gum
in super market
in a three piece suit
try to look real straight
but they busted me hard
n i landed
in jail
my dad was pissed
oh oh oh
i still got high
on a bus t disneyland
smoked it up in tree house
hidin’ from the pigs
bell bottom jeans
a dirty badge of honor
a hitchhiking kid
on a fast train
t nowhere
oh man
i loved it so
true story, dude
i’m telling’ ya
well i gotta figure out
just what it’s gonna take
w the fire in my belly
on a w coast trip
well i gotta figure out
just what it’s gonna take
w the fire in my belly
on a w coast trip
takin’ acid by the ocean
w a kid
from santa barbara
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I WANNA BELIEVE
03:31
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i WANNA BELIEVE (for George Carlin)
I wanna believe
that the sun will shine again
I wanna believe
that my friends will be ok
n i try n i try n i try
t keep on hopin’
n i cry n i cry myself
t sleep at night
don’t worry
be happy
get back on the horse
n ride
I wanna believe
that love will win the day
I wanna believe
that the truth
is here t stay
can’t fake it
can’t take it anymore
it’s time
for all of us
t rise
n i try n i try
t keep on hopin’
n i cry n i cry myself
t sleep at night
there’s gotta be
a better way
a better way
than hatin’ all the haters
there’s gotta be
a love
supreme
n never givin’ up
when i think about
i think about
all my friends
i know it
i really know it
we ain’t outa luck
I wanna believe
that the sun will shine again
I wanna believe
that my friends will be ok
I wanna believe
that the sun will shine again
n i try n i try n i try
t keep on hopin’
t keep on hopin’
i believe ya George
but i’m goin’ another way
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BULLET FOR YOU
ill take bullet for ya
baby, baby, baby
my love is a stolen car
shiny convertible
keys in yr pocket
speed like a bullet
air in my lungs
carbon monoxide
highway on the run
ill take bullet for ya
baby, baby, baby
black + white movie
goddard is my god
band of outsiders
stealing every car
Im scared, Im tense, Im shaking, Im high,
Im ready, Im fucked, I’m kissing you
ill take bullet for ya
even if the gun
is in yr hand
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BARFLY
03:54
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BARFLY
can i…
buy you a drink?
I felt I was a stah
@ the bah
last night
I felt I was a stah
@ the bah
& so did you…
I think I was a hero
@ the pub
last night
Clever like a hawk
I walked that walk
& so did you…
I had become
a regular again
(just another barfly)
I had become
a regular again
lost in a glass
fallin’ on my ass
sittin’ alone in a corner
(just another barfly)
oh yeah
that’s right
I felt I was a stah
@ the bah
last night
I felt I was a stah
@ the bah
& so did you…
I think I was a hero
@ the pub
last night
Clever like a hawk
I walked that walk
& so did you…
every word i spoke
made perfect sense t me
(just another barfly)
every word i spoke
i think i was a poet
rotten to the core
a total bore
sittin’ alone by myself in a corner
(just another barfly)
bartender fill my cup
even tho my time is up
I felt I was a stah
@ the bah
& so did you…
…just another barfly
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STEP BACK
there’s a light
in yr window
a chair on yr porch
shoes in yr closet
but you checked out
there’s a book
that’s open
on a messed up bed
socks like mice
on the floor
step back
step back
step back from the edge
come home
we miss your laugh
yr take on the past
the cans of beer
long gone
yr poem’s unfinished
the olive in yr beer
the love that you give
to friends in trouble
step back
step back
step back from the edge
come home
shave yr head
punch a hole the wall
the silence is deafening
step back
step back
step back from the edge
come home
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HYMN FORGOTTEN
there is a hymn
that I’ve
forgotten
there is a prayer
that i should know
but it has vanished
a face i can’t
remember
a silver dollar
in the falling
snow
it’s not
for me
to sing it
it’s not a whisper
or a tear
that falls
it’s just a love
that’s universal
a simple song
to bring me home
back to that street
where i
belong
on porches
bus stops
n ballparks
in a city block
we stand together
not that
far apart
two souls outside
screaming
screaming at the stars
screaming our lungs out
in the back year
we stand together
or we’re nothing
nothing at all
feel my heart
against yr hand
it’s just like yours
my heart is just
like yours
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I FELT LIKE A TEENAGE GIRL LAST NIGHT
i felt like a teenage girl last night
pissed off + smoking
w my legs crossed
thinking w my middle finger
sucking my thumb
thinking w my middle finger
that no one
loves anyone
no more
no more
i was so wrong
i felt like a teenage girl last night
pissed off + smoking
w my legs crossed
gave up my cel phone
gave up instagram
thinking like a middle finger
that no one
loves anyone
i was so wrong
comin’ right at me
like a thunderbolt
right between the eyes
like a pretty girl
like a pretty boy
like a beatles song
love
is all ya need
is all ya need
here i go again
sun in my eyes
heart like a racehorse
here i go
fallin’ in love
falling’ in love
w my legs crossed
i felt like a teenage girl last night
pissed off + smoking
w my legs crossed
thinking w my middle finger
sucking my thumb
thinking w my middle finger
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I LOVE YOU, YOU ASSHOLE
i love you
you asshole
i love you
it’s true
yr an asshole
but i love you
i do
oh oh oh oh
i was crushed
inside a crowded bar
on a Saturday
night
i step outside
& the snow was
falling down
just right
& in the snow
written with just one finger
i love you
you asshole
i love you
it’s true
but yr an asshole
but i love you
i do
oh oh oh oh
there stars are exploding
the streets all silver & black
something inside my cold heart
began to crack
when ya put it like that
written on a windshield
in the snow with yr finger
‘n ya know what? i am an asshole’
i love you
you asshole
i love you
it’s true
but yr an asshole
but i love you
i do
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh
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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
Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) recommends:
i don't understand a word, but it hits hard regardless (the bears alone)
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