Category: Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

Disagree

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Track 18  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 4:15
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/27-Disagree.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics
I say three and one and four and eight plus one is seventeen
You say three times four plus five instead just to try and disagree
You say I’m the one who makes you sad by treating you so cold
I say you’re the one that makes me mad by strutting out so bold

But when it seems that everything’s gone
Then I fall back in love with you
If I treat you so cold and you treat me so bold
It would take our two souls to just rise, rise, rise!
But we’d still disagree

I say someone, somewhere has got to change your narrow mind
You say life is fine the way it is, I say you must be blind

But when it seems that everything’s wrong
Somehow we two pull through
If I think that you’re blind, you don’t think I’m too kind
If we’d just change our minds then we’ll go, go, go!
But we’d still disagree

But when it seems that everything’s gone
Then I fall back in love with you
If I treat you so cold, then you’ll treat me so bold
It would take our two souls to just rise, rise, rise and shine
Rise, rise, rise and shine, rise, rise, rise and shine, rise

I say someone, somewhere has got to change your narrow mind
You say life is fine the way it is, I say you must be blind
You say me and you could never be because it’s not your style
I say me and you have got to be because I love your smile

But when it seems every drop of blood in my bones has gone to rest
You give me a smile, against your own style
You take me away from this place until we

Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Disagree, yeah when we disagree now

Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Disagree, disagree now

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 13, 1989
Recorded October 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: This bass-led song has a strong classic rock vibe with nice movement, changes, and drum rolls. The lyrics are full of riddle-esque wordplay, which makes the song a fun rap.

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I Need Her Bad

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Track 17  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:58
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/26-INeedHerBad.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics
I met a girl from a small Hometown
Her form was small and her eyes were brown
It took a while for me to understand
She has the power to make me a happy man

Though her wit is bright and her face is shining
This cloud she molds has no silver lining
She has a man that shes calls her own
They plan to marry and to build a home

And though I haven’t told her what I plan to do
She shies away because she knows the truth
Someday she’ll soon have to make a choice
When fear releases its chain on my voice
She knows it’s true

And how she’s happy with that other man
Remains the hardest thing to understand
The feel is so right but the real is so wrong
My wisdom has weakened as you hear this song
I don’t know why

And if I ever get my chance with her
I’m sure I’ll even make her happier
My faith is strong, yes that’s my strongest trait
I have the patience just to sit and wait for her someday

For the love I need, I’d give anything
From the shirt on my back to these songs I sing
I need her love more than all I’ve got
I pray I don’t find that it’s all for not
I need her bad

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 12, 1989
Recorded October 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
12-string Acoustic Guitars, All Vocals

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Analysis: A short and sweet, desperate love song, with simple and precise 12-string acoustic guitars accompanied melodically by the vocal line. This song had been renamed “Ode To Desperation” before returning to its original title.

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The Telephone

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Track 16  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:16
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/25-TheTelephone.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics
You say live is treating you unfairly
If you only knew how much more you possess than me
I shouldn’t try to burden you or use you to complain
But this is the only thing that saves me from insane
Shit, if you only knew how much I am in love with you
But that is an untold story, I won’t get to that yet

Yes, I’m just trying to get through
On the telephone of “I love you”

Somewhere in an ancient cave a magic, tiny door lit
A witch has cast her on me, yet I cannot afford it
Shit, if you only knew how much I have gone through for you
But that is an untold story, I can’t get to that yet

Just trying to get a line
On the telephone of “make you mine”

Once is hard, but twice ain’t nice
I might understand it once but twice is two too many times
The stronger in my ways, the shorter to my happy days

Just trying to make a call
On the telephone of “I won’t fall”

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 11, 1989
Recorded October 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: A very catchy bass riff, which would be reused 20 years later on a different project, backs this song. The recording is sharp with good sounding drums and wild guitar effects, making it one of the best of the era.

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Get Together

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Track 15  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:46
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/23-GetTogether.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics
These days it is not healthy to feel this way
But the cards are on the table and I have to play
It’s the spirit they enjoyed twenty years ago, I know

If we all get together we can have some fun
If we all get together we’ll bring out the sun
If we all get together we’ll show the world how we’ve done our show

These days it is not wise to let your hair grow long
And noone wants to hear some simple, bluesey song
I really find things these days to be quite a bore

If we all get together we can make our run
If we all get together we can stop the guns
If we all get together we’ll put an end to the war

I’d like to go to Woodstock on some time-warp train
With a half a million pople I’d stand out in the rain
And noone really noticed discomfort or pain at all
It’s groovy when the people can express what they think
Because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
Let’s all get together and we’ll all be standing tall

But these days are in existance and those are gone
So we’ll have to bear with the boring life of Tron
Someday we’ll come of age and again we’ll move on, I know

If we all get together we’ll complete the task
If we all get together we’ll rip off the mask
If we all get together we’ll break off our cast and grow

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on August 20, 1989
Recorded August 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
12-string Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: This is a true hippie song that I wrote after visiting the site of Woodstock on its 20th anniversary. The music cnsists of a 12-string acoustic and a freaked-out, chorus-driven electric, which fell in perfectly withthe theme. The lyrics are quite Utopian and naive and the spirit behind the song was “why is there no celebration on its anniversary?” Little did I know that there would be cncerts honoring the 25th and 30th anniversaries in the next five and ten years.

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Dry Water

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Track 14  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 1:32
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/21-DryWater.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics

~ Instrumental ~

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on August 5, 1989
Recorded August 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums

Listener Guide
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Analysis: The first instrumental in the regular collection, this has a cool little riff which fit nicely with the sounds I was forging around that time.

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