Albert Ralph Poems

MY UMBRELLA
September 20,1983

In the midst of falling rain, I find I’m not falling.
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EROSION
June –August 1983

Obviously, buoyed and happier than the last song. This song always seemed to be to be a Neil Young song. If I could do the voice, that’s how I would sing it.
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THROUGH BLACKEST NIGHT
June? 1983

Through the depths of blackest night, I wandered.
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Isn't is strange, the way we change?
The words are different but the.... song's the same.
When we're young, life is fun.
We aren't tied down, we've got, time to run.
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A circle drawn upon the paper; Is that a goal, for a sad man?
Another line upon my forehead; is that the wage, for knowing?
Knowing that, you can never own a woman’s love.
No matter what, you can never call all the shots.
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FROM WITHIN (song from a cloud)

Joni saw the clouds from both sides,
But did she see them from within?
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WHITBY CRUISE

Six o’clock Sunday morning,
Falling asleep at the wheel.
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POETESS (An Honest Song)

This song was written for Nancy Wilson of the band Heart.
I was a big fan of their early music.
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STREAMS OF DESIRE

This, like so many of the others, is so much more effective, if one can hear the music as well. The ethereal start, with breaks between stanzas for melodic development, gradually build into a crescendo of acoustic guitars, and then...............
The chorus, 'No amount of rain', begins the 'NO AMOUNT OF VOLUME'. is enough for the rocking finish.
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RESURRECTION
April 7 – 14th,1983 with Sam Carvello
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