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Better Days, Better Ways
02:59
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Can you save another soul?
From the jaws of disillusionment,
Towards some better goal
Just leave it alone until you know
Will you build another bridge this evening?
Or view the world from within your own island destiny
Where you will own all that you see
Are you justified in causing your commotion?
Are you dignified in purging emotions?
Well, I see a better day coming soon,
I see a better way coming soon
Can you dig it mama?
Will you work on a new scheme this weekend?
Look your future in the eye and promise not to blink?
It’s not as easy as you may think
Are you justified in speaking truth to power?
Are you dignified in telling us what you see?
Well, I see a better day coming soon,
I see a better way coming soon
I see a better way, I see a better day,
Better days better ways, better days better ways
Oh oh, can you dig it mama?
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Truth
06:07
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A solidly structured someone still suffers in sovereignty
While the ancient one, she laughs on
While observing the absurdity
As he put it all on the line
He got mocked and he got ridiculed
And he proved there’s no capacity
In his talent at playing the fool
And so we see his heart break in syncopated time
A winding path of obstacles, diverted from his prime
No longer does he reign in high regard
Once dealt that poisoned card
Another voice to disregard, discard the truth
That foolishly fraught feeling finds fractures within the fix
While treading Hell’s outer circle
On to the shores of the River Styx
I’m convinced that you are crazy
But still I rationalize you anyway
And so the futile quest goes on and on and on
And on and on and on another day
And so you sing your tired song of souless witless pride
A bargain validation just to prove you’re on my side
But no longer can you hear a single word that I say
And when you’re no longer going my way
You will have exhausted your last play against the truth
And I can remember everything, oh
Yes, I can remember everything, oh
And you can’t misrepresent anything, no more
'Cause I was there present for everything, for sure
Yes, I can remember everything
About your fitful disgrace
And if you should mention anything
Be sure to say it to my face
But all I want is to depart from this bitter race
I just don’t want to play the game no more,
No, no, no no no no no no no no
I used to believe that you were special
But truly I was aloof
Wanna try something original? Tell the truth!
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3. |
It's Only Love
03:59
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A moment dancing on the breeze
Adrift upon the hidden seas
Some time to formulate the plan
To recreate a replete man
To understand that's it's only love, it's only love
Though passionate was the exchange
This new thing had a finite range
And life, it issued an impost,
Some levy from the Holy Ghost
So at the very most it is only love, it’s only love
Suddenly I can see you drifting away from me,
Galactic anomaly, wondering how I got so low
I gave you everything, let you unfold your dream,
Suffered your silent scream when the opulence was slow
So please acknowledge me as a man
Who honestly shows an open hand,
I’m sure that Jesus will understand
It is only love lo-lo–ove, it is only love, oh oh
So let's embrace the precious day
Craft and forge a better way
For I've get word from the sky,
And soon I’ll have to say goodbye
But please don't cry because it's only love,
It is only love lo–ove
It's only love, it’s only love
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Was she near a void of fear
As the event horizon grew ever near?
And the subtle, eagle wings began to rise
Just how could the good Lord permit
Her to submit to nature’s compromise?, ooh ooh
Did he feel the pain or did he
Just seize up as it hit the veins?
And contemplate those that he used to love
Will the sudden, shearing shock of loss
Make us begin to doubt the crosses and doves,
Those signs of love from the gentleman above
Has she discovered that
There is more to this than where it's at?
And every moment is precious in the least
Can she get her message through that foggy firmament
Which surrounds Valhalla’s feast? ooh ooh
Was he on the brink of war
With the infidels along the shore
When all the faux melodrama took a vital turn?
Will the colonial's only son
Who never reached age 31 return?
Rigid and stern, with new lessons been learned
Does he understand the Internet?
And the coming promise of this digital age?
Will he make the speed to fulfill the unquenchable need?
And delay that inevitable greed of life,
As it consumes the youth and spits back some ugly truth
Is he playing his guitar for Jesus on some distant star
Where the melancholy madness will not persist?
And does he get a say on which tunes
They will get to play from the master list?
Well, I insist that they do all still exist
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The Good Guys
04:29
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I've weighed options near and far
To destinations steered by stars
But I will ride with the good guys
Revolution's siren song,
All gray solutions, neither right nor wrong
So I'll decide for the good guys
The leaves are falling, God is calling
From somewhere up on that mountainside
I would like to explore but I’m just too lazy to climb
Don't want to lose my, my option to choose
My day is likely wearing thin
And I must remain afloat just above the din
And I believe that this is something that I can win,
And I’ll find some resolve from within
Akin with the good guys
The sky is crying, the eagle is flying
But still, they see fit to complain
Without perfection they just can’t let this good reign
And so it ping-pongs, the rights, the wrongs
The ceremony is wearing thin
I must compose a new prayer to forgive the sin
And this is something that I must win,
Fueled by a resolve from within
Akin with the good guys
Weighing options near and far,
I’ll set my ship to steer by the stars
And I will side with the good guys
Time will tell if I have chosen well,
Time will tell if I have chosen well
My final victory or my initial mistake?
The burden of the chances that I am willing to take
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Remember
03:20
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Burrowing through a tunnel, trying to find my way out
It's been 4 or 5 days since I had checked out
I can't remember why or how I got here
But I certainly do remember
Those phantoms of distant years
I remember how I tried to exist in good faith
Remember how the ones I love
Relied on me each and every day
But in this subterranean plight,
Please remind me to remember just how to fight
Could I remember who I used to be,
Persistently bold and free
Humbled by the very first time that you looked at me
Awkward banter and a nervous laugh,
Confidence was at best at half
But I remember how I fell in love with you,
Yes, I remember how I fell in love with you
Yes, I remember how I proudly proclaimed
That the love was true
Burrowing through a tunnel, trying to find my way out
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Roaring 20s
03:16
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Oh, we've done alright by this so far
So why not give this one more decade
To discover just who we are
'Cause oh, lifetimes traverse at break-neck speed
And you won't get all that you desperately desire
No matter how intensely you may bleed
You know, there's just no way to harness time
Procrastination is a cancer on the soul
A dancer without glow,
A copping to a hypothetical invented crime
All in all we've done okay
Through these expended days and
Though stopping is not possible
To reflect, we‘ve got to go
And seize the coming winter spell
Before the actors toll their bell
Ignite the deadwood, sleigh the trolls,
Obliterate the static, status quo -
We're doing plenty fine thus far
Being most confident in
Knowing just exactly who we are
We see no reason nor purpose
In a gaze towards the stars
Although there's quiet thunder in the distant hills
Leaving us to wonder if someday
That it may encroach upon
Our coddled comfort cottages
And test those fluid anchors of our will
And all in all we've done okay
Through these sweet initial days
Passionate dramas self-composed
Through poetry and clever prose
And I can see the liberty in shadows just outside of me
And I can climb the muddy walls and stand above it all
And roar! There has got to be a path to soar
We've got to set the mind to find a way
Come what may, now-a-days
There are sparse new doors, oh
The lore is not reflected in reality
Strongly rejecting the conformity,
The normal-ty, chaotic seas
Carry us to foreign shores, oh,
A brand new place to roar!
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Only Time Will Tell
03:09
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So long, my California dream
I'll be tossing my lot into another scene
Oh oh, only time will tell
And even though that bitter past has rejected,
Perhaps this more enlightened day will accept it
Oh oh, only time will tell
Set your head right, save your soul,
Write your own impassioned chronicle
Make your music so you can play it up proud,
Forge your mission so you can cry it out loud
But I got caught up within the commotion of some
Event horizon sized chronic emotion
Still somehow I escaped with my life
Test the waters, cry at night
Work it out until you get it right
Make the sounds which will impress a little stronger,
Forge the songs that will last a little longer
But I know, I know I never will be the same,
Never will truly get back into that game
Oh oh, I still will fare thee well
Oh oh, only time will tell
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9. |
The Pennsylvania Poet
06:24
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Here’s to the man that spat himself off of the shelf of obscurity
To compensate for discrepancies, to execute with some variety
In the Keystone state where we build our homes
Topped with slate be-speckled domes
And how we think, that’s how we’ll be
Never to imagine how to break free
As a fire rages underground and forms a ring around my hometown
I boldly go and traverse the bogs
And I never ever want to have to sleep with the dogs
So I stand and I stare with the brutal eyes
And a firm refusal to ever compromise
If I raze some bridges, so be it fine
I must explore the boundaries of my mind
Until I find a place where I’m free to be kind
I will move a little on further on down the line
White lightning, Godspeed to the court’s long standing king
We'll find a way until we meet again some sunny day
Yes, we will meet again some sunny day
Well, I was born to the generation between
Some vital purpose and some flighty dream
In an ancient village no one’s ever seen
‘Cause it fell down through the cracks in between
So here’s to the man with the upbeat rhythm
The vocals barked and the riffs bass driven
A silent scream on the brightest night,
Supplicate that everything is alright
Just praying we have enough fuel to launch this flight
And escape the sinking shadows of the night
White lightning, today's the day that we wager everything
Show me the way until we meet again some sunny day
I know that we will meet again some day
We have fire, we have stone, along with elements of our own...
Oh, will this sanctify everything I do?
We will fine tune the sound,
Even if some perfecting is done underground...
I sometimes must stretch the walls of truth
But right now the house is burning
A century of memories turned to ash
As the fates are turning, no lesson learning, absorbed illusions
The snow is always whiter up in the corner of the country
Where the future's brighter
But logic cites that it just won’t work and -
I don't want to sleep with the dogs
I don't want to sleep with the dogs
Curse those who tell me that I should
I don't want to sleep with the dogs
They scratch and claw and howl all night
They cause me grief, they give me fright
So why can't we just let the sleeping dogs lie
Within their vast domain under the sky?
Why won't we just let the sleeping dogs lie?
You see, the thing about Heather is that she’s a hostile hottie
A painted smile to mask a plan that’s naughty
A siren’s whistle that’s divinely blown,
But she will surely carve you to the bone,
Oh, if she ever catches you alone
Oh, to bear the suffocating weight of the stone
Lush valley, in the shadows of the mountains majesty
We'll find a way until we meet again some sunny day
We will dwell within that realm some day
I know that we’ll be there again one day
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10. |
A River and a Soul
04:52
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Life has an ebb n’ flow,
A yin, a yang which guides where you need to go
A force beyond space and time
Love rules a universe,
A precious tone to commence the ultimate verse
The union of the heart and the mind
And the river it tumbles over rocks and man-made dams
Into the Chesapeake Bay, down through the Hampton Roads
And the Soul, it feeds on irony and rendered deeds,
Spinning dusty hay into shiny new gold
Spinning dusty hay into shiny new gold
How can you trace the voyage of a single drop of water
As it makes it’s long journey to the sea
And how can you transmute true wisdom to your sons and daughters
And be sure that the wisdom is pure as can be
Yes, the river it breaches its banks from time to time
Flooding thoughts and vivid memories deep within the mind
And the Soul, it grows despite a riptide of deadly undertow
The Soul you hold will never truly grow blind
No, the Soul you hold will never truly grow blind
Oh, the Soul you hold, it never truly goes
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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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