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Got to Abide By the Rules If You Want to Play

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

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:22
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/28-You’veGotToAbideByTheRulesIfYouWantToPlay.mp3]
Lyrics Feeling a conscious, making a stand Doing what it takes to become a man Keeping my own, holding off tears Wasting away the most magic of years I should have quiet, that’s what they say You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play Making a strong comeback, not quite as bitter I could be a Veggie, but I’m not a quitter Finding a throne halfway up a ladder But no one here roams, so what does it matter I should have quiet, that’s what they say You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play Losing my love for the thirty-sixth time She’s not yet quite ready to join in my clan Keeping feet on the ground, reaching for stars Wasting our oxygen playing guitars I should have quiet, that’s what they say You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play Searching long through time and space For love and peace and help to make things right Keeping feet on the ground, reaching for stars Wasting our oxygen playing guitars Finding a throne halfway up a ladder But no one here roams, so what does it matter I should have quiet, that’s what they say You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play Composition © 1989 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on November 2, 1989 Recorded November 1989 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Harpsichord, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: I wrote and recorded this song the day before leaving for audio tech school in Ohio and it reflects the melancholy mood of leaving behind the life, friends, and girl who I would not see again. It is a simple harpsichord song with simple drum beat put together spontaneously and beautifully.

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Disagree

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

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 4:15
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/27-Disagree.mp3]
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 Grade 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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The Telephone

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

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:16
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/25-TheTelephone.mp3]
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 Grade 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

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

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:46
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/23-GetTogether.mp3]
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 Grade Analysis: This is a true hippie song that I wrote after visiting the site of Woodstock on its 20^th 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 25^th and 30^th anniversaries in the next five and ten years.

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Dry Water

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

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