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TJ'S DRESSES

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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My roommate TJ (audio engineer, songwriter, sound guy at the Midway) was married. He still carries his x-wife's dresses all over the place. They are in his closet. They fit him.

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TJ's DRESSES

they ain't just dresses

he keeps em in a closet
n he moves em when he moves
they fit him like a glove
n they tighten the screws
of a marriage gone dark
in a country apart
+ music as lonely as the blues

they ain't just dresses

he ain't a drag queen
but he hurts like one

they ain't just dresses

they sit in a pile on couch in his room
or stuffed in a bag swept up like a broom
unwashed for years the colors of doom
as plain or as gorgeous as the moon

they ain't just dresses

he ain't a drag queen
but he hurts like one

they ain't just dresses

he carries em around like a chain on his neck
he can't let em go, you wouldn't, i'd bet
when yr heart is broken there's pieces of love
lyin' around once we were good and now we're done

they ain't just dresses

he ain't a drag queen
but he hurts like one

they ain't just dresses

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from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012

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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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