Love In a Pocketbook

Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 4:25
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/39-LoveInAPocketbook.mp3]
1990
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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MCMXC

Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 1:45
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/38-MCMXC.mp3]
1990
Lyrics
Never before has a year brought me so much joy and pain
And laughter and shame
Never before has a year been so cruel yet so kind
So enlightened, so blind

But I’m not complaining
No, I’m just refraining on what has come to be
It’s just a shame that I have to depart
With such a bittersweet taste in me

Never before has the time swept by so quickly
Yet drug on so slowly
I’ll try to explain it next

Composition © 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on December 12, 1990
Recorded December 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
12-string Acoustic Guitars, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A short, intro song written about the year 1990, which contains some backwards-masked 12-string chrords, strummed in reverse to match the finger-picked melody line.

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And So It Goes

Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:16
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/36-AndSoItGoes.mp3]
1990
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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When It All Falls Down

Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:19
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/34-WhenItAllFallsDown.mp3]
1990
Lyrics
When it all falls down will you still be mine?
Will you stay be my side when all is not fine?
Would you take a chance on me one time,
If it all fell down?

If the sky gets stained with a touch of gray
And if lady luck won’t smile my way
Will you still be mine on those darkest days,
When it all falls down?

Now the king of kings has his wrath on me
For some long lost fueds that were never meant to be
Things have not gone my way lately but there’ll be better days
And now you must prove your worth to me
Believe in me and stay, when it all falls down

If the sky gets stained with a touch of gray
And if lady luck won’t smile my way
Will you take my hand on those darkest days,
When it all falls down?
Would you take a chance on me one time,
If it all fell down?

Now the king of kings has his wrath on me
For some long lost fueds that were never meant to be
Things have not gone my way lately but there’ll be better days
And now you must prove your worth to me
Believe in me and stay, when it all falls down

Composition © 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on September 3, 1990
Recorded September 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Acoustic Guitars, All Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A pure and excellent folk song with a simple message atop a simple acoustic riff. The recording suffers slightly from some high-end dithering, but the song itself is a gem begging to be re-done.

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Olive Hill

Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 2:04
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/29-OliveHill.mp3]
1990
Lyrics
Six long months and six long days
Since I lost seen my baby go away
It started out as a cool yet sunny day
It was November 3rd, it was her birthday
It seems so long, yes it seems so long

Although I know I’ve changed so much since then
Yet I know that I will see her again
But I don’t when, no I don’t know when

Though we were so very far apart
There is a part of her that I held in heart
Which I took and buried in this place far away
I’ll go back down and reclaim it someday

There’s a place with mountains and trees
And narrow, winding roads in north Kentucky
It’s heaven by day and hell by night
A perfect reflection of me and Jane’s short life
Called Olive Hill

Although it seems so long since I sang this song
For the first time, for the last time on Olive Hill
Bluegrass shacks and wells

There’s a place with mountains and trees
And narrow, winding roads in north Kentucky
It’s heaven by day and hell by night
A perfect reflection of me and Jane’s short life
Called Olive Hill

Composition © 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on May 9, 1990
Recorded May 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: After an extended hiatus to attend school and re-record some older songs, I got back into writing and recording in late spring 1990. Armed with new knowledge and a different approach, the songs of the 90s varied much from the songs of the 80s, especially in this earliest period of the decade when I concentrated much on simpler, acoustic folk songs, such as this.

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