Lyr Req: My Attorney Bernie (Dave Frishberg)

18 Feb 97 - 09:35 PM (#2368)
Subject: Lyrics for
From: [e-mail]

Anyone know this song?

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19 Feb 97 - 04:12 PM (#2399)
Subject: RE: Lyrics for
From: LaMarca

Hi! I don't have the lyrics to this one, but it's by the jazz pianist Dave Frischberg, who also wrote "Blizzard of Lies"; hope that helps.

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06 Apr 03 - 10:42 AM (#927226)
Subject: Lyr Add: MY ATTORNEY BERNIE (Dave Frishberg)
From: George Seto - [e-mail]

From :http://stat.tamu.edu/~sherman/KEOS/lyrics/bernie.html

MY ATTORNEY BERNIE (from "Classics")
Words and Music: Dave Frishberg

I'm impressed, with my attorney Bernie
I'm impressed, with his influential friends
He's got very big connections
and I follow his directions
Bernie knows his way around
and so I always do what Bernie recommends.
 
I am blessed, with my attorney Bernie
I'm impressed, with the way he runs the store
He's got Dodger season boxes
and an office full of foxes
It's amazing all the different things
your average guy might need a lawyer for.
 
chorus:
Bernie tells me what to do
Bernie always lays it on the line
Bernie says we sue, we sue
Bernie says we sign.. we sign
 
I'm in touch, with my attorney Bernie
In a clutch, he can speed right to the scene
And if I'm locked up in the jail
with just one phone call for my bail
he said to call his club collect
or deal directly with his answering machine
 
When I dine, with my attorney Bernie
He buys wine, from the rare imported rack
That's cause Bernie is a purist
not your polyester tourist
Bernie waves the glass around awhile
then takes a sip and always sends it back
 
(chorus)
 
I admire, my attorney Bernie
I admire, any guy who knows his stuff
Sure we blew a couple ventures
with a counterfeit debenture
But you win a few, you lose a few
and like Bernie says you keep on hanging tough
 
Thanks to you, my attorney Bernie
Thanks to you, I'm considered well to do
Sure I made out like a bandit
Just exactly like you planned it
But like Murray my accountant
told me yesterday, I owe it all to you.
 
(chorus)
 
On the dotted line!

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06 Apr 03 - 12:10 PM (#927268)
Subject: RE: Lyrics for "My Attorney Bernie"?
From: Herga Kitty

I think Blossom Dearie recorded this...

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06 Apr 03 - 07:15 PM (#927483)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Attorney Bernie (Dave Frishberg)
From: GUEST,LEENEIA

Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed it.

When I read about Bernie's taste in fine wines, I can't help thinking about the attorney I used to work for. He used to eat a pastrami sandwich with cherry pop for lunch.

I couldn't believe that he was overworking himself and neglecting his family in order to live like that.

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07 Apr 03 - 05:27 PM (#928114)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Attorney Bernie (Dave Frishberg)
From: Mudlark

Frishberg is a fine pianist and a great lyricist, very inventive. I remember hearing him play one song with about umpteen verses, every line ending in a word that (some by the furthest stretch of imagination) rhymed with Paris. For anyone interested in clever lyrics, I highly recommend him...he's got a great voice for his songs, also...reminds me in a lot of ways of Randy Newman.

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