Wahray and Soul Album Tracks – Page 7

Springtime

By Cygnus Wave November 17, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 4:39
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/12-Springtime.mp3]
Lyrics I’ll try to make this as clear as I can You don’t know who I am Believe me, trust me, I’ll show you the way I just need you to stay Look beneath the frozen ice You’ll see the colors you find nice It must be close to springtime again Although it seems the winter was so long We found the way to carry on Just two more months of biding time, my friend I strive just as fast as the deer runs from the hunter But you don’t know who I am Believe me, trust me, break through that evil screen You’ll find that gentle stream Where we’ll pass by when warm air comes We’ll lay beneath the frozen sun It must be close to springtime again And afterall we survived the fall When flowers die and trees get small Just two more months of biding time, my friend So come, my friend, into my wonderland And find out who I am Believe me, trust me, you’ll never be denied On our forest lakeside ride, our ride Composition © 1989, 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on January 7, 1989 Recorded January 1989 & Spring 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Harpsichord, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, All Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: This is a literal song, written about a literal event which happen just days before its composition, during a very warm January day. The vocals were re-recorded in 1990, while the rest of the song is original from 1989.

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Someday

By Cygnus Wave November 17, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:33
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/10-Someday.mp3]
Lyrics We’ve come to today through hard work and chains We lift up our hearts but blood falls like rain We’ve come through today to horror and pain And once we had life in the palm of our hands But we held on too tight and it fell through like sand Let’s hope that tommorrow we better undestand Left on the shores of Neverland Gone too far on the seas to find the land Hope somehow we’re get our ships back in flight But for now we’re lost in an eternal night Hope and pray someday we’ll find out if life somehow has meaning The way to Heaven requires a bit of dreaming, not only through the ceiling Someday we’ll find out meaning some way The road to success is bumpy with rocks With more than its share of low blows and hard knocks But you don’t always find happiness at the top And once we had life in the palm of our hands But it was taken from us, givin to a better man He may lose it too if he doesn’t understand Left on the shores of Neverland Gone too far on the seas to find the land Hope somehow we’re get our ships back in flight But for now we’re lost in an eternal night Hope and pray someday we’ll find out if life somehow has meaning The way to Heaven requires a bit of dreaming, not only through the ceiling Someday we’ll find out meaning some way Left on the shores of Neverland Gone too far on the seas to find the land But somehow we’re get our ships back in flight But for now we’re lost in an eternal night Hope and pray someday we’ll find out if life somehow has meaning The way to Heaven requires a bit of dreaming Someday we’ll find out if life somehow has meaning The way to Heaven requires a bit of dreaming, not only through the ceiling Someday we’ll find out meaning some way Composition © 1988, 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on December 16, 1988 Recorded December 1988 & Spring 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Harmonica, All Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: The best song from the early years of 1987-88. A philosophical lyric shared by two “voices”, guides the driving acoustic guitars, which were added in 1990 to the original 1988 all-electric recording, which is laid bare during the odd yet entertaining guitar lead.

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Free

By Cygnus Wave November 17, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:25
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/09-Free.mp3]
Lyrics Free, free, off to the sea World’s apart, yet together forever It’s driving me crazy I can’t believe such a worldly land has such a simple heart But judging from here I think its clear that rattlesnakes never fart I can’t conceive a journey, man, or at least a weekend trip But far beyond the Silicon we’ll mingle lip-to-lip Now free, free, off to the sea World’s apart, yet together forever A purple tree in daisy land once told me secret horrors But if I could, I surely would take sides with the flowers I’d like to ski on blue-green snow and catch an evening rain But afterall I still won’t fall, ’cause I am now insane And free, free, off to the sea World’s apart, yet together forever It’s driving me crazy Composition © 1988 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on December 13, 1988 Recorded December 1988 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Electric Guitars, Harpsichord, Bass, Harmonica, Drums, Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: This is the very first recording I made with drums. I literally took them out of their boxes, set them up, turned on the recorder and played the beats. All other instruments were dubbed in later to make a proper “song” of it, complete with pysechedelic lyrics.

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The Deer With the Golden Eye

By Cygnus Wave November 17, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 6:30
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/08-TheDeerWithTheGoldenEye.mp3]
Lyrics Sundown, only light, no sound Another long-lost day never found Shot down, don’t believe no foolish clown He’ll go away until he hears a special sound Building and searching for more… Rotten town, I’ve got to get out tonight I’ll turn to brown if I don’t shout, alright! You keep me here and feed me the beer You say that I like You go away until you need a special favor You’re all my life is not about You give me reasons, more reasons for me to break out And went I get time away from home I wander back to the place I used to roam And there I find the deer with the golden eye He sees all, but only when he really tries And there is a fox who stalks the briar patch But all he found was the egg that wouldn’t hatch So far from home, an eagle soars alone Her bird’s eye view can’t find the golden key to the throne Hideaway, come find me today, some way You’ll take me in if I have no sins to pay, okay? Sundown, only light, no sound Another long-lost day never found Shot down, don’t believe no foolish clown He’ll go away until he hears a special sound Oh no, gotta go Although I’ve tried so hard to make it right It just hasn’t worked out so far For the deer with the golden eye, just now has to say goodbye “Goodbye” Composition © 1988, 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on November 20, 1988 Recorded November 1988 & Spring 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano 6 and 12 String Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Harpsichord, Drums, Lead Vocals Sinclair Soul Background Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: A true hybrid of a song, with the electric guitars, vocals, and harpsichord recorded in 1988 and the acoustics, bass, drums, and some vocal overdubs done in 1990. It was all mixed together in 2004, for a unique, journey of a song which comes full circle.

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Speak to Me

By Cygnus Wave November 17, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Album Tracks

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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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