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LUCKY

I'm calling you, babe
from Sax 5th Avenue
outside at a chilly payphone
There's this thing that happened
to me last night
when I left you asleep at home
A man was lying
on a subway bench
outside it was 30 below

And I felt so lucky
that I had you
and I was not alone

Well that man on the bench
was all covered up
his eyes were closed but
he was not asleep
Babe, I felt so bad
that he had no friends
except for the cold and lonely streets
I looked at him
and I thought of you
and the way we get to be

And I feel so lucky
that I have you
and you for sure have me

There's a little boy here
and he's staring at me
he must think I am out of my mind
Cuz I'm crying and laughing
my story out loud
to you just one more time
Well you wouldn't believe it
the way he smiles at me
while his Daddy turns the other way

oh I feel so lucky
that I have you
to hear what I have to say

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Oh don't you know it
when I have so much
I always want more, you see
But tonight I'll remember
when I look back
what love is really meant to be

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from HALF IN THE BAG, track released April 18, 1987
Half In The Bag (No Deal Whatsoever Records) 1993. Produced, engineered, arranged by Chet Cahill in his house in Malden. All these are Berlin's save Everytime I Fall by Michael Holland (one of my favorite all time songs). Who did this? Billie Best (spoken girl in Can't Get It Up), Randy Roos (4 guitars in Man In Flames - true story of a homeless man in Kenmore who burned alive in the basement of Eddy de Syon's apartment building), Chris Mehl (guitars, vocals), Joan Wasser (violin), Jane Balmond (piano on Everytime I Fall), David Barrett (sax on the song Blood of A Poet - about his brother Peter), Eddy de Syon (organ on Blood), Julie Woods (vocals), Nancy Adams (vocals), Brian Olson (vocals), Chet Cahill (everything else).

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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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