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a fictional portrait written shortly after I saw Diana coming into the Brendan Behan for the first time. Thinking: she looks like a chick from New York who’s not an asshole. Wrote the song, ironed it out with the band and recorded it. Hopefully she's ok being a construct out of my head.

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NEW YORK GIRL

when she walks in the door
everybody turns to look
a hundred years ago
a portrait by Picasso

she come from Brooklyn
New York
she come from London
UK
she come from gay Paree
Monsieur!
or Blitzkrieg Germany

but she ain’t
stuck up
+ she ain’t just pretty
oh she’s cool
so cool
voice Alice B
eyes like January
so cool!

no one knows her name
Diana
or where she used to live
Jamaica
or who she left behind
or what is on her mind!

but she ain’t
stuck up
n she ain’t just pretty
oh oh oh she’s cool
so cool
voice Alice B
eyes like January
so cool!

when she walks in the door
everybody turns to look
a hundred years ago
a portrait by Picasso

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from THE COURAGE OF THE LONELY, released October 20, 2017
Ken Diaz: kit
David Goodchild: bass

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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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