Another Rock to Roll

by Ric Albano

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Rock Song 02:10
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LYRICS Right from the start we caught his crying heart He was a restless boy A sovereign streak, with all the valleys and peaks Yes, such a restless boy We’re sitting in the sun, redesigning a further course to run Our day of fun, another rock yet to roll It used to be that you and me would forge the best of times But things have changed And now we’ve rearranged along respective lines We’re singing past the songs Losing focus on the situations all along Another rock yet to roll ~
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Mr. Happiness 04:02
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LYRICS Hey there Mr Happiness, what you seein’ there on your brain? Do you reflect on your own loneliness? It always seems like such a shame Always seems such a shame It is always such a shame Well there, Sir Mendacious-ness How do you keep track of the lies? Do you revel in your own craftiness? As good faith slowly dies, so subtle in its own demise The beauty melts away and wretchedness presides... You claimed that you wanted this, But now that you’ve got it, what are you gonna do? In the end you’ll have to stand Without the cloak of the God-finger, It will all be detached from you Please awaken, ancient consciousness Spin that compass back towards true We’re hollowed out without your righteousness, oh yes A course correction is overdue, lest the morning we may rue The beauty melts away... While the world burns up outside, While the moralities collide For it is such a shame But who’s to blame for this wretched game? If we only knew (if we only knew, only knew) Love eternal, in the heart of someone true ~
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Chapel Hill Road 03:52
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LYRICS Well, my son’s got a gun and he’s a pretty good shot He’s a crazy son of a gun But he’s the best that I’ve got left... Now that you’ve gone and run down My the younger child so cold We’re now prepared for vengeance This day on Chapel Hill Road The wives’ are on the move in search of some remedy And that just leaves you, your boy, my boy and me And now I’ll guarantee that tonight something crucial unfolds A germane reckoning we will bring to Chapel Hill Road Well, folks they claim that I don’t think before I act But that is outta whack For I contend that they don’t comprehend The complexities of my tact, and in fact... The good book says “an eye for an eye”, Well, we’ve got two for one and together you shall die And let the judgment come From the demon upon which you’ve been sold There you can beg and you can plead On the events of Chapel Hill Road Some will claim that I’m irrational and trite, well not quite For I believe that I will set everything just right And it’s right that... It says “eye for an eye" but nothing on “two for one” So I’ll inter you secretly up in the woods next to your son And disregard the irony Once my lad’s healed and returned to the fold It’ll be the latest saga in the legend of Chapel Hill Road Just the latest saga in the legend of Chapel Hill Road Oh, you should’ve driven a different road ~
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The Optimist Speaks 05:35
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LYRICS Faster and faster she strives to be The predominate savior of the village She burned down her own castle, depriving me Of my insatiable desire to pillage To take what I want, to shatter détente To chase after everything brought forth by anything gold But deep in the night, I'll search for light, ‘Til I can see nothing but blue skies The optimist speaks of traversing peaks And vantage points of endless blue sky Lining her shield with indifference So stoned and heartbroken from the strife Cherishing the customs while scoffing at the trends Has found her alone, so alone in her life Do you know who I am? Can you repeat my plan? Just to live for the pleasure of living another day And deep in the core, there’s an unlocked door Which opens to infinite blue sky The perfect retreat from bearing defeat Now I can see nothing but blue skies above The balance between good faith and self-betterment Has crowded the halls of my thoughts Can one ever be honored in the present tense When a fortune and a throne he has not? We scooped him up and we filled up his cup And absorbed all the meaningless drivel he’d speak We waited for years hoping that he’d wake up But the boy has been absent for weeks and weeks and weeks Words in the air, flying above your hair Words from the depths of despair Words are like airplanes flying above the head Never to be considered before you are dead Believe me when I’m dead Listen to the words been said (in your head) Believe me when I’m dead Listen to the words been said (in your head) Believe me when I’m dead Listen to the words been said (in your head) In your head To my right there’s a garden brimming with hope To my left there’s a vagabond, whispering somber songs, Telling me there is no use in me trying to cope Yet still I go on ~
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Love Song 04:17
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LYRICS Give it room to find its way The bigger picture is never clear on the first day Enjoy the moments for what they are There’s just upside in trying to stretch it out too far The shooting star only lasts a few seconds When observed from the ground But this world, it remains round There’s so much here to be found I see you yes, I know you, want to show you That love will find you wherever you are I hear you because I’m near you, my eyes are clear for you And love will find you wherever you are Give it breath, then let it breathe There is no use in being trapped there underneath Take the moments as they arrive There’s much elation just to keep this thing alive The constellation remains for all our days Far beyond some novel craze, a whole lifetime to amaze I see you yes, I know you, long to show you That love will find you wherever you are I hear you, always near you, won’t disappear from you And love will find you wherever you are Oh, wherever you are Boundless hope on the horizon, be it near or be it far Oh, as we steer by the stars Immense love will recognize you there where you are Right there where you are, do do do do, do, do, oh I see you, yes, I know you, sure can show you love ~
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That Moment 03:46
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LYRICS She is there right now at the fountainhead, The inception, the alpha A place where we all once knew, A state that we've all been through A celebrated infancy, some long awaited joviality The world's new successful turn, a fascination to discern as We’re getting older now, but in some ways it's not so bad Some better days are yet to be had Neoteric chapter, I’ll be so glad to... See you someday, to carry you through the maze And to philosophize on the ways of the force To live for that moment of truth throughout your flourishing youth To seize the day while propelling its course John the Baptist leaped with joy At first acquaintance with the sacred boy Somehow he just knew and... It wasn’t just some magical thing It was momentousness beyond our understanding For we’re still within our infancy When it comes to that proficiency though... We’re getting older now, but in some ways it’s a graceful gain A convention of the preordained Neoteric reigns and I’ll ascertain to See you someday, be elevated above the haze Live in harmony with the ways of the force Fulfill that moment of truth with a reawakened youth Seize the day by fulfilling it’s course I know it’s such a leap of faith But we will be here again someday, I know things are arranged that way Just need keep the faith ~
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I'm Your Man 02:50
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LYRICS Like the noose around your neck All circumspect, with constant disrespect Expect no less from me for I’m your man Like the mask upon your nose that does impose In measured spurts it grows ‘Til no air blows, you know that I’m your man Like a festive fighter crestin’ with a zest to be the very best I’ll refuse to let it rest until I’m your man We could rapidly restore the ranch Prepare for the next avalanche We may not get another chance To live above the florid line, indulge several concubine Lean up against the Maginot line and wine and dine It’s all up to you Like a sovereign royal gliding above the soil Demanding all be loyal I refuse to let it spoil ’cause I’m your man Like a leching lush who’s color is all flush From hearing too much Rush Forget your latest crush, for I’m your man Like a broken beam of light within a dream All filled with silver steam Things are weirder than they seem but I’m your man Just a candy colored curl A forsaken girl who makes a sudden twirl You’d better recognize the peril that is your man Yeah, you’d better recon with who I am Expeditiously, we’ll build our hall And guard against the inevitable fall We may not get a second call To live and breathe in air that’s free Among authentic company Avoiding the next calamity What’s to be? Well, that’s all up to you ~
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Just 15 Days 03:01
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LYRICS A March Monday morning When it suddenly got diminished Commonplace was finished Hysteria comes around The world capricious with these uncertain times Arbitrary crimes unless you hunker down For 15 days, just 15 days So suddenly they proclaimed That the people are poison We have got to avoid them They’ll surely bring you down And any inquiring can be the equivalent to killing An impulse that needs chilling, The thoughts that you must drown For 15 days, just 15 days We’ve assumed control Will classify those who revolt As deplorable, sinister based Opportunities to be seized And autocratic desires to be pleased Never let a good crisis go to waste Oh, just shut up and obey
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Human Song 03:00
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LYRICS On the rock side of the roll Motivated by something that cannot be controlled It’s human nature If we lose our humanity, discharge our goodwill Will we ever satisfy our vanity, ever truly be fulfilled? Or salvage our starship on a course to paradise? Oh, it’s like looking for a diamond in a river full of ice It’s luminous, luminous as gold It innervates beyond control It’s just human nature Crazy as this picture, we will not give it up now We will grab that square-ish fixture And make it round somehow But if we lose our capacity For a reason and for commonsense Will we ever regain the audacity,,, To confront that which is bent? Beyond our control, that beyond our control Is it in our nature? Our human nature? ~
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Cassandra 05:07
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LYRICS Cleanse your ears and hear the future And tell the world the bitter truth The second most beautiful woman in the universe Was drenched in madness Through the odyssey of her youth Cry in vain while no one will choose to hear you, Character stained and no one will congregate near you Cassandra will they ever see the light? An endless, agonized frustration Of knowing “x” but observing “y” Wouldn’t life have been much easier if you had only just If you had just learned how to lie The sky is falling but none will believe you Night is calling and one dissolves without you Cassandra, will this be that fateful night? I believe that springtime will start earlier this year And if I assume as much, will I resume my touch to… Navigate my ship through rock infested waters? Guided by ancient stars, The world in which we are looks quite the same So much the same… I declare that wintertime is over now Ten days earlier than it was ever supposed to be Or was it meant to be? Revealed as riddles and vague, disjointed statements Cast in the middle of rain for the gods’ entertainment The world is crumbling to dust but no one believes you Your peers have withdrawn their trust And will no longer receive you Cassandra, will we ever get this right? ~
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Old Dogs 02:54
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LYRICS Sometimes we must love twice as much Just to see half the love get through Sometimes we must climb twice as high Just to get ourselves an appropriate view Sometimes we’ll cover twice the distance Just to bring it all back home Yet sometimes we still find ourselves all alone Sometimes we need to learn twice as much Just to articulate one simple fact Sometimes we’ve got to swing twice as hard Just to prove that we are willing to act Then sometimes we must retreat twice as far Just to avoid the latest fight ‘Cause sometimes we need everything to be alright. Right Old dogs still maintain all the wisdom Still retain all the soul From a much greater distance although, oh Sometimes we will cry twice the tears Just to prove that our heart is for real And sometimes we’ll experience twice the fears Just to prove we are not made of steel Sometimes we need to pray twice the prayers Just to get through the dark night For sometimes we just must question wrong from right, right? ‘Til sometime when everything is alright, right? But sometimes… ~
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Rebel Rebel 03:45
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Heavy rain on the mountain Causes strain on the fountain of joy But she abstains from the shoutin’ Notwithstanding how much this is getting her annoyed Is she a bona fide cosmic rebel or the devil herself? Graceful glide, an oasis of blue style Within a desert of green She is a mighty potent mixture of genteel taste With just a tiny dash of the obscene As she spots the bright gold beacon directly up ahead Does she contemplate just what it is? Perhaps a calling to the faithful Or an indication that we may be grateful After we’re dead Weird blue beards must accompany The endeared wherever they go Each one trotting with a sense of marauding Never looking to or fro As she walks with her eyes held up high And the sun glowing off of her teeth Any chance that she’s the genuine article? Or some creature that’s deceitful Set to conjure up all the evil From down underneath I know basic algebra so I think that I can calculate The dilemma laid out underneath these trees Yes, I know all of the critical theories So I’m allotted certain fires and furies As I can judge you long before You and I even meet, yes that’s my expertise Is she our legitimate heroine? Or have we all been fooled again? Go and launch an investigation And return with some information But will you follow through? (I’m on it) Will you follow though? (yes, I’m on it) Please follow though! (I’m on it)
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Freedom Song 04:37
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Let the people be free, let the people be free Let them bend no more knees Let them crow out no pleas, nor quell, nor appease Let them build their own homes Let them roll their own stones Let the people be free Take me to the Heaven Take me where I need to go To the optimal place where the tyranny never prospers Nor does it ever get to hide within the pleasure trolls As the truth does flow And the people are free All the people are free Whether they rock or they breed Whether they talk or they screed Let them feed their own needs They can decide on their own How to set their own tone Let the people be free Words can’t harm a balanced person It’s kinetic deeds that’ll break her bones Self-determination is inalienable, for sure And it cannot be surrendered to the clones Nor the unmanned drones When the people are free All the people are free Whether they draw from the seas Or they sail on the breeze, or they talk with the trees Let the world be their zone To construct their own throne Just to spring up from the bottom And rise as high as my wings will tread the air If I conduct an honest expedition Why should the “overlords” even care? If I don’t disrupt another person’s fare? I will build my own home I will roll my own stone And I shall be free

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Recorded in Pennsylvania between January and October 2022.

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released November 9, 2022

Ric Albano - guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, harmonica, drums, percussion

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Sinclair Soul Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Sinclair Soul is an original rock and roll project by producer and composer Ric Albano.with guitarist Bret Alexander and drummer Ron Simasek. The music is a diverse breath of rock influenced from the classic era with a modern twist. In late 2023, the group will release it's fifth original album entitled "Frequencies".. ... more

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