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It’s Hip To Live In Disgrace

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/33-It’sHipToLiveInDisgrace.mp3]
Lyrics Why cannot I tell you what I need to tell you? Why cannot I sell you what I need to sell you? I’ve been loving you for so long But now it may be time that I’m gone Should I stay? Should I go? The welcoming committee came late, what a pity it’s over Time to grab your bags, catch the train for the next small town Just another minor setback on the way, don’t let it get you down Why cannot I show you what I need for you to see? Why cannot I go yet to the dawn of my destiny? I know this feeling is not wrong Another verse in a very long song Of painful days, painful growth The last of all the rebels layed down his arms in pebbles, a surrender So I set my walking shoes on a search to find someone to replace It’s hard to believe that it’s hip to live in disgrace One fine day, four cold winter nights One good pay, four black widow bites One less setback on my way On my way to fame and hope and love But now I must let you the way that things must be There is a kingdom trapped inside, we must release it with our golden key And then our minds will be clear again The mass-murdering fear cannot stay, it must go The last of all the rebels layed down his arms in pebbles, a surrender So I set my walking shoes on a search to find someone to replace It’s hard to believe that it’s hip to live in disgrace Composition © 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on August 6, 1990 Recorded August-September 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Ricter Synths, Harmonica, Drums, Vocals, Vocal Effects Listener Guide Grade Analysis: One of the best songs written in 1990, this took a very simple riff from an earlier song and expanded around it for the main verses. It also contains a very cool “Ricter” beginning, as well as a harmonica lead which leads to an interesting bridge section.

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Best Shot

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

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Written by Ric Albano	Song Length: 3:27
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/31-BestShot.mp3]
Lyrics It’s a clear and sunny day but I can hardly see If there is any civilization, any town beyond these trees The maples and the oaks have gladly shown me the way But the pines are all pissed off and have nothing to say The woods are cool but there is nothing new I don’t think here will be much fun any longer Maybe yes, maybe not, I’ll still give it my best shot I’ve got to find a way out of this terrible rut that I am in Now, it’s a true but funny play and the actors take their bows Their talent has come natural, when they need it, it’s here now From the back of an audience a playwrite wonders why Every time he has ideas, those ideas slowly die He knows he can do much better than he has seen But he can’t get his point accross Maybe yes, maybe not, he still gives it his best shot Someday, someone will recognize the talent he possesses within him Now, it’s a blue and strange way that the pessimist works He needs to feed his ego, he needs to be a jerk To listen to the small guy, he’ll never understand How two could do much more than just one ever can ‘Cause all alone he’ll never break the stone That will drag him down in the end Maybe yes, maybe not, he must be taught to give his best shot He has to somehow realize that this idea may just work Composition © 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on May 27, 1990 Recorded May-June 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: This may have been my own “best shot” ant writing a single, or popular song. Musically, it is very entertaining but it is sub-par vocally, which has given me an eternal love/hate opinion of this song.

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Wilderness

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

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Written by Ric Albano & Jim Morrison	Song Length: 2:02
Listen to the Song: [audio:WAS/30-Wilderness.mp3]
Lyrics Ledger domain, wilderness pain Sweet swimming fish-hook smile Keep off the walk, listen to the children talk I’ve loved you all the while Earth, air, fire, water, mother, father, sons, and daughters The politics of ecstacy are real Can’t you feel them working through you? The walls scream like a mad machine of poetry, disease and sex The computer faces of all the men can’t program which muscles to flex Spraying verbal fire flies, in the east there is a hum of light An angel runs through the sudden light, Do you know what to do? Drugs, sex, drunkeness, stand up there and give your best The dark dreams of conquest I new act joins my head’s procession I create my own sword obsession Cities of clouds, pirates of air The grand highway is crowded with lovers and searchers and givers So eager to please and forget the wilderness, wilderness, wilderness Composition © 1990 Ric Albano Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music	Song Info Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano Composed on May 25, 1990 Recorded May-June 1990 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers Ric Albano Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals Listener Guide Grade Analysis: A simple and entertaining rock song, fueled by a nice crunchy guitar and lyrics made of Jim Morrison’s poetry from the collection of the same name – Wilderness.

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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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