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Cuba

by The Silos

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1.
Tennessee Fire 05:37
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TENNESSEE FIRE Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - guitar, bass and supporting voice Mary Rowell - violin John Galway - drums Rick Wagner - organ See you soon, but not like this Afraid I am to think I haven't heard I haven't heard from you in weeks All your letters, photographs So far out of reach Driving by the moonlight Haven't seen a service station in thirty miles or so I'm running out of gasoline High road, low road Rolling on and on Tennessee fire Is it so far Driving by the moonlight Haven't seen a service station in fifty miles or so I sing along I sing along to I sing along to the radio All your letters, photographs So far out of reach High road, low road Rolling on and on Tennessee fire Is it so far Ohio Leaving you behind
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She Lives Up The Street 03:14
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SHE LIVES UP THE STREET Copyright 1987 Bob Rupe and Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 Floating Fishsongs (BMI) and University of France Music (BMI) Bob Rupe - voice, guitar and bass Walter Salas-Humara - guitar and supporting voice Mary Rowell - violin and viola John Galway - drums Cut across the country Your hand takes the lead Shooting stars hide behind the daylight And when night falls they fall They fall So do I She lives up the street Tall, thin and old, but with beautiful manners I'm a man of desire not reason A sleeping demonstration of sensation Self control She lives up the street All these years Switching When the holidays come and pass And they're gone three generations The moments of my past will shrink away On a couch across the room In the house where we were born For the first time she looked old to me So do I She lives up the street Width of the will Width of the will Repeat Chorus
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For Always 04:16
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FOR ALWAYS Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - guitar and bass Mary Rowell - violin and viola John Galway - drums Everyday I see my wife Her words cut through every defense I ask her advice And when she speaks it's from the heart And she knows I'm hers for always 'Cause she holds my love for always Everyday I see my wife Her words break through every defense I ask her opinions And when she speaks it's from the heart And she knows I'm hers for always 'Cause she holds my love for always So come on, say so, for always Come on, let's not talk it over Let's go, let's not wait till later Come on now Side by side Repeat Chorus
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Margaret 03:11
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MARGARET Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - bass Dave Pearlman - pedal steel guitar Margaret goes to bed around eight I go to bed around one Margaret gets up at six I get up at six Four days a week and you're a family Four days a week, fortunes Oh Margaret Margaret is willing to share her food Share her thick brown hair Margaret is willing to share her toys Share her deep brown eyes Repeat Chorus Sundown and the clouds cover up the stars One down, but before she closes her eyes It all comes out; she speaks all the words she knows Her lungs so small Her breath so warm Repeat First Verse Repeat Chorus
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Mary's Getting Married 03:53
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MARY’S GETTING MARRIED Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice, guitar and drums Bob Rupe - guitar and bass Mary Rowell - violin Mary's getting married on March 15th Up in Vermont at her family's house Mary's getting married to her man Jonathan They're gonna stand up there, try and speak with great care Then they'll lift their heads, holler in the air I do, I do Mary's getting married on Saturday afternoon Margaret made the food and Leslie got the flowers All their friends came to hear them holler I do, I do I do for the rest of my life I do Mary's getting married on Saturday afternoon They're gonna spread their love here, there and everywhere Lift their heads, holler in the air I do, I do I do for the rest of my life I do
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Memories 03:16
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MEMORIES Copyright 1987 Bob Rupe and John Salton Published 1987 Floating Fishsongs (BMI) Bob Rupe - voice, guitar and bass Walter Salas-Humara - guitar and supporting voice John Galway - drums Rick Wagner - organ Have you ever been alone So alone you thought you'd find Memories on your doorstep of a love you left behind In my mind, everything, something that I dreamed of Now you're gone and I'm alone searching for what I might find What I'm looking for Memories left behind Have you ever loved a woman so hard you though you'd die Held her for so long; still she walked away I say it's time to run away, hide in a new place And when my conscience finds me, I will turn my face What I'm looking for Memories left behind
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Just This Morning 03:46
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JUST THIS MORNING Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - guitar and bass John Galway - drums Just This Morning Heard my favorite record on the radio Just This Morning Heard my favorite record on the radio Just This Morning Side A Just This Morning Side B We were driving across the plains Heard that record and it made my day Down around Illinois Thank you dee jay For playing my favorite record on the radio Just This Morning Side A Later this morning Side B
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Going Round 04:12
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GOING ROUND Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Mary Rowell - violin Bob Rupe - supporting voice Marylin Coyn - supporting voice Michael Levin - violin Francine Post - viola Mary Wooten - cello Jonathan Stork - bass You think he loves you, least he says he does Can it be that simple in a world like ours He means it well And he thinks that he knows how he feels about you You love your parents and your sister too Can it be that selfish to believe in yourself Take a chance And he thinks that he knows how it feels to know you We're going round and round You love your parents and your sister too Can it be that simple in a world like ours Take a chance And he thinks that he knows how he feels about you We're going round and round
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It's Alright 02:33
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IT’S ALRIGHT Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - guitar, bass and supporting voice Mary Rowell - violin John Galway - drums This machine we've made runs fourteen Fourteen hours and that's alright This machine we've made makes twenty-two Unless of course, we change our minds It's Alright Everywhere we go, we hear the same thing That It's Alright We learn from the past; we know the value Of being alright It's Alright; everything's alright We lean on the outside and something Nearly happens every time And that's Alright
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All Falls Away 04:46
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ALL FALLS AWAY Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice, guitar and drums Bob Rupe - guitar, bass and supporting voice Mary Rowell - violin I came down here on an airplane Let the promise fade with the city lights behind Come on over, come on look it over Cut across the lawn to my parents house The early morning sun cast my shadow to the West Come on over, come on look it over When I wear his watch and look down at the hands I never, never thought I'd look towards A man whose past is part of me, part only he knows A woman so strong My eldest brother came from far away My middle brother lives nearby Y con Mama hablamos de Cuba y de los tiempos del ano mil Y que te susede es por algo que te tiene que suseder All falls away
11.
Get Back My Name 03:30
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GET BACK MY NAME Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - guitar and supporting voice Mary Rowell - violin John Galway - drums John Ross - bass I don't need to seek you out, don't need to seek you out I can get my own water; I can get my own water I'm stepping out; I'm stepping out I'm stepping out into the main corridor I can get my own water I saw a way; I'm sorry but I saw a way to Get back my name I don't see no jello, don't see no mashed potatoes I don't see no water All I see is the back kitchen door Repeat Chorus I made it out into the street, held out my hand A guy stopped in a Chevy I don't need no nurses, don't want no machines I just want you to take me wherever you're going And help me get back my name Repeat First Verse Repeat Chorus Yeah, No, OK
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Maybe Everything 03:21
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MAYBE EVERYTHING Copyright 1987 Bob Rupe and Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 Floating Fishsongs (BMI) and University of France Music (BMI) Bob Rupe - voice, guitar, trumpet and french horn Walter Salas-Humara - guitar and supporting voice John Galway - drums John Ross - bass Open up your eyes and look at him Honesty can get you into trouble Gone a day, a week, don't look for me Gone a day, a year, entirely May have a past, may have a future Maybe just a day, maybe everything Where's the one who speaks so tenderly Silently she tore herself away Hours move from one land to the next Granted love is gone with unseen grace Repeat Chorus Deborah, I don't want to fight you anymore Repeat First Verse Repeat Chorus
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Head Party 04:02
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HEAD PARTY Copyright 1987 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1987 University of France Music (BMI) Walter Salas-Humara - voice and guitar Bob Rupe - guitar John Galway - drums John Ross - bass Going to a town party all night long Going to a town party all night long Going to a Head Party all night long Going to a Head Party Sticks in the street Say it Going to a Head Party, going to a Head Party Going to a Head Party Sticks in the street all night long Say it

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Cuba is one of those albums that, in the years since its release, has become a kind of talisman among true music fans. Its mention elicits nods of approval and agreement from like-minded souls, and kicks the next phase of the conversation into enthusiastic high gear. When you meet people of taste who are unfamiliar with it, the prospect of turning them onto it becomes a palpable pleasure. Because you know that Cuba exists inside everyone, and this extraordinary album can take you there. It's a journey filled with longing and loss, warmth and wonder - and whether everything happens for a reason or not, albums like this are a document, a memory map, of why we want to think so. - Anthony DeCurtis. Original release: July 1987 Record Collect. Re-release: March 1994 Watermelon Records. September 2002 Dualtone Music Group. April 2007 Sonic Pyramid.

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released July 15, 1987

Produced by Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe. Mixed by Don Sternecker, Bob Rupe and Walter Salas-Humara at Mix-O-Lydian. Recorded by Don Sternecker and Bob Rupe at Mix-O-Lydian and L-7, Dave Pearlman at his house, and Mikhail Liberman at St. Paul's Church. Re-Mastered by Dave McNair.

Musicians: Walter Salas-Humara, Bob Rupe, Mary Rowell, John Galway and John Ross with Rick Wagner, Dave Pearlman, Dan Fredman, Marylin Coyn, Michael Levin, Francine Post, Mary Wooton and Jonathan Stork.

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The Silos, the still-kicking band Walter Salas-Humara co-founded in New York’s post-punk ‘80s scene played Alt-Rock, Alt- Country, and Americana before any critics coined those terms. Salas-Humara’s narratives take on the weight of attentive, convincing poetry and wry wordplay. Each tune is marked by such humanity, which offers much refuge in a convulsive time. ... more

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