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Something Real (Neal and Jenny)

from Downhauler by Marc Douglas Berardo

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Neal got out in 96
Worked the Michigan plants on the straight, married Jenny, lived in the sticks
Just getting by the best they can
keeping a few steps ahead of where they began
At night, Neal goes out to have a smoke
out in the tiny yard under the giant oak
He takes a deep breadth and closes his eyes
And sighs
He prays: Give me something, give me something that I can feel
Give me something real

Neal says: “Jenny everyday when I walk out the door
I loose track of what it is I’m walking out the door for
When I punch my card I want to punch the wall
But I know that punch won’t do nothing at all
You see darling there is a dark fear in my heart sometimes
and voices in my head that I can’t trust
Maybe we can feel something real in starting over leaving this whole town in the dust
At night I trace my finger on a map from Cape Ann to Bimini
from Santa Cruz to Hampton Bay
Close my eyes and drop my finger down on any dot along the way and I say
Give me something Give me something that I can feel
Give me something real

Jenny says: “ Maybe something real is what you already know
whether you stay Neal or whether you go
Maybe something real is wherever we call home
and if you let me in maybe I can make you feel less alone
sure life gets hard and it’s not always fair
and there is injustice and bullshit everywhere
but inside of us there is valley with a river bountiful and true
and if you let me in Neal I will be waiting there for you
to make you feel something
Something beautiful and true
Feel something shiny and new
My love won’t let you down
Like this oak tree here I am planted on solid ground
and I am here to stay

Now Neal’s eyes were locked up in a stare
looking at Jenny and the late day sun dancing on her hair
For a moment he felt a welling up inside but he choked it back and let it slide
And as he turned to walk into the house he turned around and said:
“Jenny when you are standing right in front of me
There is nowhere else in the world I need to be”
Then he smiled and walked inside
And Jenny leaned on the giant oak tree
said a silent prayer
Took a deep breadth
Closed her eyes
And sighed

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from Downhauler, released February 22, 2011
Jordan Jancz-Bass
Larry Deming-violin
Dick Neal-Banjo
MDB-Gtr, Vocal, Percusion

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Marc Douglas Berardo Westerly, Rhode Island

Marc Douglas Berardo combines songs that mine lessons gleaned from real life situations presence that uses humor and storytelling to lead an audience into an almost spiritual experience. It’s brings to mind James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark or Steely Dan with a hint of Mark Twain or Hunter S.Thompson. It’s a night of laughter and emotion that gives the audience a renewed sense of possibility. ... more

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