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After watching the documentary Amy I wrote this song.

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SONG FOR AMY WINEHOUSE

Oh Amy
I knew you late
your killer heart
your voice breaking
breaking up

Oh Amy
ya brought Nina
her hair
her eye make-up
style beyond style
songs so brace
so bloodied up

Oh Amy
I saw yr movie
yr girly laughter
just a kid before you loved
anyone
like that

Camera adored you
hated you too
hard tabloid chasers
ya sold their papers

Oh Amy
yr pipes so fierce
liike a jazz heroine
beyond Beyonce
no tricks up that sleeve

No fancy footwork
just you
naked off guard and alone
imprisoned
and free

All love
all the time
like the wound of a kid
when love is all there is
it wasn’t the drugs
it wasn’t the booze
it wasn’t yr Dad or yr fame
just a heart
all broken
in too many places
leaving you shook up
abandoned
and along

Maybe you’re still here
maybe you’re somewhere new
maybe your skinny legs carry a universe
simple as a cat w your eye make-up
staring out an open window
certain of yr heart
loved you too late
like heat waves crashing on a cold coast
dull as iron
without you here

credits

from GREAT BIG HOUSE, released July 4, 2019
The Band:

Robby Manochio (bass)
Jane Mangini (keys)
Chris Antonovitch (kit)
Zach Olson (sax)
Berlin (vocals)

We are psyched to be partnering with
WIREFOREST LLC (WALTER SICKERT AND THE ARMY OF TOYS)
on releasing Maggie
and on our full record GREAT BIG HOUSE when it’s completed.

Studios:

Recording:

Wasabi/Street Noise (for vocals, bass, guitar, horns)
Jane recorded and ‘flew’ her tracks up from the Poconos

Mixing:

Bitch Kitty Studios
TJ Wenzl engineer

Mastering:
Brian Charles
Zippah Studios

Produced by TJ Wenzl with the band

Song
Berlin
ASCAP
Lobsterland Publishing

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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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