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NOT GUILTY

When I was a kid, my Dad was a drunk, my Mama sold her body
I broke into houses, got drugs for my friends, I began a life of crime
It’s not my fault for being mad
+ Im not guilty for being bad

When I was 15 I worked on the street I made more money than my father
Bought my Mom a TV + my sister a dress it was cops + robbers

Older men they told me run away from home
Dont get married you should live it up alone
I stole cars outside the Ballarue at night
Lovers staring at me wanting me to fight
so help me
Im not guilty I was losin my head

I needed a car I needed something
I was almost dead
Its not my fault for being born
+ Im not guilty
I just wanna forget I just wanna believe in my dreams
I know that havent come true but what good can they do
No way can I give them to you

I lost all my friends again + again to the house of correction
I felt so lonely I couldnt get a girl I got a mental depression

Nurse was so afraid of going home alone
I just had to follow in the Combat Zone
I held her down + I covered up her mouth
I ripped off her dress I had to do it now
Black boys kill their brothers when the knife is sharp
White boys rape their sisters in the park at night

I needed her love I needed something
I was almost dead

Its not my fault for being born
+ Im not guilty
I just wanna forget I just wanna believe in my dreams
I know that havent come true but what good can they do
No way can I give them to you

Im not guilty

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from PROFESSIONALLY DAMAGED, track released November 4, 1986
1986 Berlin Airlift record: Professionally Damaged (LoFi). Did this one - 8 track - ourselves. That's Artie Dowd's arm on the cover. Band: Jane Balmond (keys), Chet Cahill (bass, vocals, fart), Steven Paul Perry (guitar, vocals), Glen Moran (kit), Berlin (vocals), Billie Best (mgr).

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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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