Tag: Live Performances

Believe (Live)

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 4:04
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[audio:AS/AS-Believe.mp3]		 2009
Lyrics
So what’s the point of quiet charity if it won’t get you the gig?
They don’t forgive irregularities just because your heart is big
And why leave home with an atlas stone when a flask of pebbles might do?
This quite excessive sense of diligence
Offends my reasoned confidence in you

I do my best to view the world from deep behind these eyes
I draw my energy from sources not simply surmised

But what’s the point of simple clarity in such a complex universe?
Should we not strive towards more parity,
By ripping out the contents of your purse?

I steer my ship by ancient stars and hold the wind with poise
I grasp at every passing wave in a quest to find pure joys

Believe, believe
Believe, believe

So what’s the point of quiet charity if you don’t bag some esteem?
Complied reduction of this narrowly sliced time just seems obscene
And who would roam with an atlas stone…
When there are so many sights to see?
What’s the point of true contention,
When the scientific evidence has been decreed?

I beat my path with head held high and wisdom at my heels
I don’t pretend to know that this is how we all should feel

Believe, believe
Believe, believe

In a pinch and you’re on the run, will ye come undone?
If it’s a cinch just to follow the sun,
Why then fear of this unusual one?

Composition © 2006 Ric Albano
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Composed September 12, 2006
Recorded Live April 4, 2009
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Piano, Vocals
Erik Trabert
Drums

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From The Beginning

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by Greg Lake Song Length: 4:37
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[audio:AS/AS-FromTheBeginning.mp3]		 2009
Lyrics
There might have been things I missed
But don’t be unkind, it don’t mean I’m blind
Whatever was done is done, I just can’t recall
It doesn’t matter at all
But there it is

You see, it’s all clear you were meant to be here
From the beginning

Maybe I might have changed
And not been so cruel, not been such a fool
Whatever was done is done, I just can’t recall
It doesn’t matter at all

You see, it’s all clear you were meant to be here
From the beginning

Composition © 1972 Greg Lake
Original Recording © 1972 Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Recorded Live March 28, 2009
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Vocals, Bass, Synths
Erik Trabert
Guitars
Matt Roy
Drums

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Rubicon (Live)

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Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:42
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[audio:RubiconLive.mp3] Currently Not Available for Purchase
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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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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