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PAPER AIRPLANE is about a friend of mine, a great singer, songwriter who felt lost + slightly crazy in the suburbs. he was an insomniac, high energy + wrote intricate, poetic emails to me that seemed like messages in a bottle. i imagined him on a roof, 30 miles away, making them airborne with cryptic notes penciled onto the planes + landing at my feet.

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paper airplane

he lives so far away from the city
n he dream awake all night + he write
the craziest songs, jackie gleason songs

n he fold a paper airplane
tight across the seam + on the wing
he whispers something strange n dark
a haiku from a beat up heart

n he let it fly from his rooftop
n he let it fly from his fingertips - out
into the air - for anyone he hopes is there

you find him in the fog, walkin' the streets alone
weightless eyelids, heavy head...

madness in the suburbs is like a cherry bomb
it look kinda silly but it blows up
everything - fakery + lies win the day + his nightmare
it jes' won't go away

n the xmas light stars come crashin' down
+ he shivers n he wonders why no one's around
explosion makes no sound

ya find him in the fog, walkin' the streets alone
weightless eyelids, heavy head...

s o s - 2 tin cans + a clothesline
the sharks r swimming but they can't see
the paper airplane it flies so close to me

credits

from PAPER AIRPLANE, track released October 16, 2010
cast:

piano JANE MANGINI
guitars KEVIN BARRY/DUKE LEVINE
bass ANDREW MAZZONE (RICHARD GATES track 8)
drums ANDY PLAISTED
harp DENNIS BRENNAN
backup vox DENNIS BRENNAN/RICHARD GATES
bar vox THE BRENDAN BEHAN RATS
tuba JOBY WILSON
trombone JOE STEWART
toy piano BERLIN

produced by RICK BERLIN/DENNIS BRENNAN/JOE STEWART
recorded/engineered by JOE STEWART
@ HI-N-DRY/HUMMELVISION
mixed @ HUMMELVISION
mastered by IAN KENNEDY
@ NEW ALLIANCE EAST MASTERING

photography ADAM WELLS
design NICK KENT

all songs by RICK BERLIN
(copyright symbol) LOBSTERLAND MUSIC ASCAP

details/lyrics/videos www.rickberlin.com

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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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