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6. Heaven N Hell

Oh Lord
Show me the way
Keep Evil from me
Don’t lead me astray

Heaven n Hell
They gonna fight over you
Tear you apart
So you don’t know what to do

Get down on your knees
Tell your story
Let yourself go
Get the Glory!

Heaven n Hell
Come on what do you want?
To die in the gutter
Or to raise yourself up?

Get down on your knees
Sing your heart out
Truth make you free
Let me hear you shout it

I went down to the barn
The hay was sweet and warm
I lay down in the hay
And I shut the door
A boy he sit beside me
He play with my dress
I close both my eyes
And he did the rest

Heaven n Hell
They gonna fight over you
Tear you apart
So you don’t know what to do

Get down on your knees
Sing your heart out
Truth will set you free
Let me hear you shout it

My Daddy lost his money
In a card game come home drinking
I get so mad I lose my head
I guess I wasn’t thinking
I bust my Daddy in the face
Poor Mama she was screaming
Tell me am I crazy Lord
What is this pain I’m feeling?

Heaven n Hell
They gonna fight over you
Tear you apart
So you don’t know what to do
Heaven n Hell
Come on what do you want?
To die in the gutter
Or to raise yourself up?

Heaven
Oh oh Heaven…etc.

SPOKEN
So today let us all praise the brothers and sisters who have come forward, in humility, to share their sins and ask forgiveness. This is a small, clean, new world we have built – all the way up here in the country. A good world. A free world. Safe from the scourges of the city life. Save from the sabotage of the streets. So my friends, my beloved, we have left all that behind. And today, today, here before God…

Heaven n Hell
They gonna fight over you
Tear you apart
So you don’t know what to do
Kept my little girl at home
I never gave her nothing
She never catch a movie
Or a dance or get a boyfriend
Yesterday she run off
Get a bus to Cincinnati
Lost her out of jealousy
I hate how she’s so pretty

Heaven
Oh oh Heaven…etc.
SPOKEN
My friends. Do not be disturbed in your regard for the truth. When what you disclose is the heart of the matter, the heat of the moment, the height of perfection.
And it is here, here that we rise above the temptation of the flesh, the preoccupation with passion. Rise above and choose…
…in our Righteousness, in out Godliness, in the discipline of action and the action of discipline, choose God, choose the Kingdom and the Glory and Heaven down here on earth!

Heaven n Hell
They gonna fight over you
Tear you apart
So you don’t know what to do
Heaven n Hell
Come on what do you want?
To die in the gutter
Or to raise yourself up?

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from THE KINGDOM - A Musical, track released January 6, 1995
THE KINGDOM is a musical about a sicko religious cult in Vermont. The songs have been recorded in varying production levels. Some 48-track. Some 4. Some less. I was lucky to have incredible singers on many of these tunes. Gary Cherone, Rebecca Parris, The Reverend Lee Mitchell, Julie Woods, Nancy Adams, Mark Baxter among them. The players include Jane + Mike Mangini, Phil Bynoe, Tom Shepard + others who's names I can't recall. Producers include Phil Green, Barry Marshall.
The story is dark. The book, cast, et al can be found here:

www.rickberlin.com/ambition/index.html

note: the record was never actually released

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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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