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Noise

By Cygnus Wave November 19, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Bonus Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 2:16
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/41-Noise.mp3]
Lyrics Do you wanna come up and play? I’ve got dozens of toys today It seems Mama was unable to stay and Papa has gone away It’s a shame things ended this way But we will make everything okay, come out and play Do you wanna see me touch the sky? It’s not impossible to get that high It couldn’t hurt just to give it a try These paper wings can make us fly We can fly if we close our eyes But then grown men start to cry as we die Let’s go make some noise, I’ve got some brand new toys We’ll use our new decoys, so let’s go make some noise Who cares what we’d employ? Fuck ’em if they get annoyed by noise Composition © 1991 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on January 26, 1991 Recorded January-February 1991 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica, Drums, Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: The default “title song” of this collection, “Noise” was a rare electric rocker in a sea of acoustic songs during this era. One of the best things I ever did was to keep it in demo mode and not try to develop it beynd the 2-minute punker that it is.

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Love In a Pocketbook

By Cygnus Wave November 19, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Bonus Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 4:25
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/39-LoveInAPocketbook.mp3]
Lyrics Don’t go thinking all that I told you was in vain Because that ain’t true You must believe the time that I speak of brought me pain But not from you I do agree, I had much too frequent made mistakes, some I regret I’ve learned most recently you may give what you take, and don’t forget Fortunes are won and lost in seconds while coins are tossed Deciding forever someone’s fate We danced and we sang aloud, so self-conscious yet so proud A sensual adventure at any rate When you see the coming of dawn’s light think of me and what we’d done The colors floating brightly upon the TV screen had made us one The Denver Broncos losing again in the Super Bowl A metal clete that’s carefully hid beneathe the snow Fortunes are won and lost in seconds while coins are tossed Deciding forever someone’s fate We danced and we sang aloud, so self-conscious yet so proud A sensual adventure at any rate Ecstasy did grow, I’m really sorry that I ever let you go A ray of light, a meteorite crawlin’ accross the universe Comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down Comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down Comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down If you listen closely, you can hear the sounds of “Black Velvet” So just close your eyes and wish really hard and don’t regret Comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down Comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down Comin’ down, comin’ down, comin’ down Composition © 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on December 18, 1990 Recorded December 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, All Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: I had once promised an old girlfriend that someday I’d write a song about her called “Love In a Pocketbook”. Like the title, much of the songs lyrics are cryptic “inside jokes”. The music is decent in its simplicity, but the recording did not hold up very well, so it a bit abrasive.

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And So It Goes

By Cygnus Wave November 19, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Bonus Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 2:16
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/36-AndSoItGoes.mp3]
Lyrics And so it goes, good and bad Sometimes happy, sometimes sad Making love and making war, always looking for something more Some are born to rule the world and some won’t get half that far But so it goes Do you believe in love the way I do? Do you believe that there’s a place for you in Heaven? And so it goes, wrong and right Some are peaceful and some must fight Some are lost and some are saved Some take vendettas right to the grave Few too many people stop and take a look at where they are But so it goes Do you believe in love the way I do? Do you believe that there’s a place for you in Heaven? Composition © 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on November 27, 1990 Recorded November-December 1990 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 Grade Analysis: A fun, upbeat country song with a rapid drum beat and good-time melody, all beneathe some depply philosophical lyrics.

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Mrs. McCleary’s Farm

By Cygnus Wave November 19, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Bonus Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:42
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/32-MrsMcCleary’sFarm.mp3]
Lyrics There’s a place in the meadow, just around the bend A place all the locals know well Where, on Saturday night the men all come around Their pockets are full of dollar bills You see, it’s Judy McCleary that they’ve come to see To forget all their problems for a while She makes them remember what good lovin’ can be With a jump and a hump and a smile It’s been three long years since ole’ Bill McCleary Married young, sweet Judy Brown And one would be amazed that he doesn’t know She does the most business in town Even Deputy Parker is a customer now He pays her a visit every week They all live in fright, afraid to their wives That someday their secrets may leak But who’s to say what she does is wrong? It helps to pay the bills She knows she must write her life’s long song A little heaven on the edge of hell But Judy doesn’t mind bearing all her parts untanned It is more like a daily routine It’s kind of amazing, when you think of it How many she has actually seen As for her husband Bill, she just figures, well What he doesn’t know can’t do him harm While the rest of the men talk of gathering again on Mrs. McCleary’s farm But who’s to say what she does is wrong? It helps to pay the bills She knows she must write her life’s long song A little heaven on the edge of hell Composition © 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on August 3, 1990 Recorded August 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, All Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: Lyrically, this is a follow-up to an earlier song called “Sweet Judy Brown”, with the same central character. Musically, the song borrows heavily from early era Rush, especially when it comes to the guitar tone and chord arrangements.

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The Miracle of Surprise

By Cygnus Wave November 19, 2011 January 3, 2024 Wahray and Soul Bonus Tracks

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Written by Ric Albano & Jim Morrison

Song Length: 1:54

Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/24-TheMiracleOfSurprise.mp3]

Lyrics
And in her eyes
The fresh miracle of surprise…

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on September 28, 1989
Recorded September 1989 / Fall 2003
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
and Cygnus Wave Studios
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Drums
Sinclair Soul
Vocals

Listener Guide
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Analysis: Always intended as an introductory piece for “The Telephone”, this is the first of many to use a passage from a collection of poerty by Jim Morrison called Wilderness. Some synthesizers were added to the original piece in 2003.

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