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Amy

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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Scared to write this one, but she's been haunting me for a long time. Had t try

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AMY

oh amy
i knew you late
yr killer heart
yr voice breaking
breaking up
ya brought back Nina
her hair
her eye make-up
yr style beyond style
songs so brave
so bloodied up

oh amy
i saw yr movie
yr girly laughter
just a kid before you loved
anyone like that

camera adored you
hated you too
hard tabloid chasers
you sold their papers

oh amy
your pipes so fierce
like a jazz heroine
beyond beyonce
no tricks up that sleeve

no fancy footwork
just you, naked
off guard n exposed
imprisoned n free

all love all the time
like the wound of a kid
when love is all there is
it wasn’t the drugs
it wasn’t the booze
it wasn’t yr dad
r yr fame
just a heart all broken
in too many pieces
leaving you shook up
abandoned
n alone

maybe you’re never left us
maybe yr somewhere new
maybe yr skinny legs carry a universe
simple as a cat
w yr eye make-up
staring out a open window
certain of yr heart
we love you
too late
like heat waves breaking
on a cold coast
dull as iron
without ya
here

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from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012
me, myself n i

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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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