Speak to Me

Track 07 On By

Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 4:00
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/07-SpeakToMe.mp3]
Lyrics Foxy people enter the contest While fifty-eight right hand men perpetrate Speak to me, baby Oh, I should’ve known it would turn out like this Alone in the night, a sectional cross-bar Just to shame the illiterates Speak to me, baby Oh, I should’ve known it would turn out like this The taxi driver they call “McGuiver” Is selling flames upon the Charleston blitz Speak to me, baby Oh, I should’ve known it would turn out like this Against the cloud, while well endowed My heart, my soul, my brain, my sane, and a cracklin’ glitz Speak to me, baby Oh, I should’ve known it would turn out like this, like this Sinclair Soul will take over from here… Composition © 1988 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on November 18, 1988 Recorded November 1988 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Electric Guitars, Lead Vocals Sinclair Soul Background Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: Heavily influenced by Pink Floyd (who also had a song called “Speak to Me”), this song is like a space-age communication, first between two guitars, then between two distinct vocals, Ric and “Sinclair Soul”.

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