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ZELDA (for Ramelle, Jesse & Jackie)

from DEMOS by Rick Berlin

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After watching the newest Great Gatsby I was moved to at long last write a song for Ramelle (Nickel & Dime's friend and band mom). I owed it to her from awhile back. This a dark one, about someone (Jackie) I only met briefly when Jesse (her former boyfriend) was in the hospital. The little I know of her came back to me when I saw Gatsby and the special features notes about Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda.

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ZELDA (for Ramelle. Jesse & Jackie)

like fireflies like dandelions
you draw me in
your eyes
in-nocent & feeling
something new
me & you

a lantern lights your heart
& fools me up like diamonds
like pearls
the sadness & the dark
like someone old & lost

the closer we get
the more we burn
each other up
& you retreat into silence
a place i could never go:
insane

god we had good times
we bounced like kids
on trampolines
we slept like cats
the whole night sky
above purring like a girl
in the moon

where are you now
my gone girl, my lost city
your song still ringing in my head
your touch like cotton waves
like glades, like the glades
forever

i miss you
i don't know what to do
without you
i could not save you
i could only save myself
this is the end
& i drink again
goodbye
i love ya, baby
i always will

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from DEMOS, released November 18, 2012
me, myself and I

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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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