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BARFLY

I am he. The bloated oaf of a self before the lights (Lites) go out at the pub. When one-too-many exposes the fool that I am, sitting alone, feeling fabulous about my latest shit demo, new record, words yet to be said or written, and a flamboyant nod to the hot kid a few stools down who I’ll flatter into visiting my apartment. Good luck with that, Berlin. All in my drunken imagination. A ‘stah’ at the bah. What a joke!

Matt had an hilarious add at Bitch when he trumpeted ‘Excuse me?’ Inhabiting that last call shut-him-off idiot demanding to be served by the fuck-you bartender lady who will never oblige.

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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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from TRUE STORY, released April 19, 2023
PHOTO: JESS MURTHA

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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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