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HAMLET

My Hamlet killed himself last night
My Prince Hal, he jumped from the tower
My Romeo, wherefore art thou?

When you gotta get up
early in the morning
and you feel like shit
and you can't believe it
and your best friend jumped
from the roof of his house
and you're miles away
and you can't remember
what he wrote on the walls
of the room you slept in
teenage years flushed
down the toilet
a 3-story leap in the acid night
and you promised we'd be
in love forever

and you feel so helpless
and all those lessons that you learned
are useless
and you don't trust anyone no more
and you trust yourself
least of all

One look in his eyes
and the world made sense
the jokes between us and the people we hated
that kind of laughter like a battering ram
broke down the walls
and you danced like a fruitcake
high on a joint
from a previous lifetime
teenage years flushed
down the toilet
a 3-story leap in the acid night
and you promised we'd be
in love forever

and you feel so helpless
and all those lessons that you learned
are useless
and you don't trust anyone no more
and you trust yourself
least of all

My Hamlet killed hisself last night
My Prince Hal, he jumped from the tower
My Romeo, wherefore art thou?

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from I HATE EVERYTHING BUT YOU, track released February 22, 2001
I HATE EVERYTHING BUT YOU (Windjam). David Minehan (producer/Woolly Mammoth Sound - w/ Dave Westner, engineer). Nigel Grover (kit), David Berndt (guitar, vocals), David Featherman (bass, vocals), Meredith Cooper (violin, vocals), Berlin (keys, vocals). Also: Matt Dodson (kit), Marnie Hall (violin, vocals), Bruce Hall (horn), Chris Barrett (horn), Paula Kelly (tambourine), Detective Joe Cheever (pipes), Jane Pitrelli (keys), Tim Obetz (pedal steel), Sue Gedutis (sax), Frisbay (bone), Morgan McKee (keys), Dave Westner (chair), David Minehan (slide) + cast of thousands.

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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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