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I LIE TO MYSELF

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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Overheard some dude at the Behan say 'I should have left an hour ago'. Loved that. How easily we persuade ourselves that whatever we're doing that maybe we should not be doing we go ahead with regardless. Sweet, laughable and all too common.

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I LIE TO MYSELF

ya should have left a hour ago
ya shoulda checked out last year
ya shouldn't a called r had one more drink
what is it that keeps ya here? (i lie to myself)

ya know it, don'tcha,
when ya go too far
when ya had too much, ya tried too hard
when love dries up
+ the one ya thought
ya couldn't live without (i lie to myself)

ya gut it out, ya live on fumes,
ya fool yrself that yr baby's cool
but ya shoulda walked when ya had th chance
n not be a sucker (i lie to myself)

look - in the mirror
look - at yr face
look at the mess ya made of yr life
+ that pretty love (i lie to myself)

ya doubt yrself + ya doubt yr baby
+ th world has lost it's heart
n ya paint yr soul into a corner
a suicidal spark
so what d ya do?
do ya see a shrink? do ya take whoever'll have you?
n the emptiness that ya feel at night
's like a cheap (i lie to myself)

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from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012

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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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