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JOEY

I'm too short I'm 14 makes it
hard to reach the pedals of this
car I stole this afternoon a faggot
left it running in a parking lot
in P-town where I was after escaping
from the nuthouse back in Amherst
where they put me with this other kid
who has a man outside someone who
hardly noticed me I could not hide when
they were sleeping in the bed so I got
dressed and fled I think about the accident
I could have if I jerked the steering wheel
real sudden but the man beside me touched
my leg he said he knew about some school
they make kids better take this letter ask for
Michael Weaver he has blue eyes he'll recognize
your face because the place you're in he knows
about it love is still just waiting for you Joe
I took his hand off of my leg I was not rude
I sort of liked this man besides he gave me
money put gas in my car he says goodbye when
he gets out I says goodbye he says take care
of yourself Joey don't kill yourself there's
too much going on so long I looked nice at him
I think but I says nothing.

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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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