Rubicon (Live)

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Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:42
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Instrumental

Composition © 2009 Ric Albano
Publication © 2009, 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

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Song Info
Composed on March 1, 2009
Recorded on March 6, 2009
at Cygnus Wave Studios
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Previously Unreleased

Performers
Ric Albano
Piano
Erik Trabert
Guitar

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Analysis: Live rehearsal shortly after the song was composed.

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Song for Diane (Don’t Give Up)

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Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:28
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Lyrics
Some tried to write your swan song, so quickly to surcease
So hastily forsaken, so suddenly released
Don’t give up, there are more songs left to sing

Some “experts” started chanting, stoic “realities”
Dug deep down for the valiance, those words they had to eat
You don’t give up, when at stake is everything

Everywhere see the future And ever-remembered pasts
And never forsake every step that you’ll take
To every lot that you shall cast
And everyday make it happen, and everyday chase the dream
And everyday shout at every neigh and every doubt
When the train appears to run out of steam

This morning you discovered a perplexing travesty
Woodpecker is in your garden and with the Snake infests the tree
But don’t give up, this movie has got some more scenes

And everyone knows the future while everyone pans the past
And everyone cries for everyone who dies
They sure thought life would last
And everything is a challenge, and everything takes so long
And everything shouts “there is no easy way out”
What won’t kill us sure makes us strong

Tomorrow is a new day, another chance to be
Another move towards freedom and opportunity
The new girl, she’s waiting in the wings
She won’t give up while there’s still more songs to sing

Composition © 2008 Ric Albano
Publication © 2008, 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

 Song Info
Composed on May 13, 2008
Recorded May 2008
at Cygnus Wave Studios
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Previously Unreleased

Performers
Ric Albano
Piano, Keyboards, Vocals

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Analysis: Recorded for a special Dollars for Diane benefit show.

An updated version was recorded in 2009 by P.J. Heckman and released on the Dollars for Diane Compilation CD.

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Changes

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by David Bowie Song Length: 3:47
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[audio:AS/AS-Changes.mp3]		 2008
Lyrics
I still don’t know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets
And every time I thought I’d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me but I’ve never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I’m much too fast to take that test

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, ch-ch-Changes
Don’t want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me but I can’t trace time

I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes but still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, ch-ch-Changes
Don’t tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, ch-ch-Changes
Where’s your shame, you’ve left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me but you can’t trace time

Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace I’m going through

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes, ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon you’re gonna get a little older
Time may change me but I can’t trace time
I said that time may change me but I can’t trace time

Composition © 1971 David Bowie
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Recorded Live April 30, 2008
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Piano, Vocals
Matt Roy
Drums

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Donovan’s Dread (Live)

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Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:09
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Lyrics
You say that the means fortify the ends
But I refuse to crucify any more friends
You claim that the crow is tolerable with white wine
I choose instead to draw my own imaginary lines

When will we ever feel the sun? When will we ever have some fun?
When will we ever be all but done with our accomplishments?
Fulfilled by mass acknowledgement? Relieved of our embarrassment?
When? When?

You claim the dream solidifies the means
But I reject my assignment to the underground machine
You only run approaching the divine
I choose instead to draw my own imaginary lines

Where is the roadmap to the promised land?
Where is the soft and sympathetic hand?
Where is the hunger for the justice of our own righteousness?
Promotion of our exultance? Adoption of our endorsement?
Where? Where? Where? Where?
Where? Where? Where?

Composition © 2005 Ric Albano
Publication © 2008, 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

 Song Info
Composed on May 17, 2005
Recorded April 27, 2008
at Cygnus Wave Studios
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Previously Unreleased

Performers
Ric Albano
Piano, Vocals

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Analysis: Recorded live at Cygnus Wave studio.

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Not One of You

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Track 13  On  Not One of You  By  Hormoans

Written by Paul Smith & Hormoans Song Length: 4:11
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[audio:Hormoans/13-NotOneOfYou.mp3]		 1981
Lyrics
Look at me, look at me, look at the things I do
I’m not a Druid nor a Christian nor a Buddist nor a Jew.
You may think I’m a devil but you know that isn’t true
You may think that I’m evil but I’m not one of you.

I’m not one of you, I’m not one of you
Don’t try to understand me ‘cause I’m not one of you
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him

I’m not a Baptist nor a Voodoo nor a Sergeant nor a whore.
I don’t study Krishna, I’m not rich but I’m not poor
You may think I’m a devil, you may think that my skin is blue
You may think I’m a monster but I’m not one of you

I’m not one of you, I’m not one of you
Don’t try to understand me ‘cause I’m not one of you
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him

I don’t draw stars and I don’t use blood
You can think that I’m strong, you can think I’m a dud
You can think anything that you want to
But get this in your head – I’m not one of you

I’m not one of you, I’m not one of you
Don’t try to understand me ‘cause I’m not one of you
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him
‘Cause Satan is a pussy and God’s gonna kill him

Composition © 1981 Paul Smith & Hormoans
Publication © 2008, 2012 Hormoans & Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Jim Hammond & Ric Albano
Engineered by Georg McLaughlin
Recorded December 1981
at Future Sound Studios, Harrisburg, PA
Mixed & Mastered in 2008
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
“Jimmy Slash” Hammond -Lead Vocals
PRJ Smith – Guitars
Tim Pelton – Keyboards, Vocals
Mark McCormick – Bass
Dave Givens – Drums

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