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(I FELT LIKE A) TEENAGE GIRL

from TRUE STORY by rick berlin w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND

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TEENAGE GIRL

is twisted self-imagery. There I sat, at the Behan, with my legs crossed and in a feisty mood (before Covid forced my absence). God knows how I had this picture of myself as a teenage girl. Maybe it’s that part of me that identifies with the hard core emotions of a girl that age. Or a boy for that matter. Can’t say. There is something hugely profound and challenging about a kid who breaks through all walls, all of our projections of who she is supposed to be. How she is supposed to act. To look. To speak. In the end, however, it is her love for her favorite person that wins the day, calms her heart, middle finger withdrawn. I love these kids. They scare the shit outa me.

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I FELT LIKE A TEENAGE GIRL LAST NIGHT

i felt like a teenage girl last night
pissed off + smoking
w my legs crossed
thinking w my middle finger
sucking my thumb
thinking w my middle finger

that no one
loves anyone
no more
no more

i was so wrong

i felt like a teenage girl last night
pissed off + smoking
w my legs crossed
gave up my cel phone
gave up instagram
thinking like a middle finger

that no one
loves anyone

i was so wrong

comin’ right at me
like a thunderbolt
right between the eyes
like a pretty girl
like a pretty boy
like a beatles song

love
is all ya need
is all ya need

here i go again
sun in my eyes
heart like a racehorse
here i go
fallin’ in love
falling’ in love
w my legs crossed

i felt like a teenage girl last night
pissed off + smoking
w my legs crossed
thinking w my middle finger
sucking my thumb
thinking w my middle finger

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from TRUE STORY, released April 19, 2023

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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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