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My Favorite Animal
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MY FAVORITE ANIMAL
Copyright 2021 Walter Salas-Humara, Lagartija Music BMI
E A E RIFF
You are the bird, you are the walrus
You are the tiger, you are within us
You are the end, the beginning
You are the loss before the winning
A A
You are my favorite
A A E
You are my favorite animal
You are the cat, you are the bison
You are the dolphin in slow motion
Who needs an answer when there’s no question
No memory, only recognition
You are my favorite
You are my favorite animal
CHORUS
D A
We come together in the jungle
D A
We come together In the forrest
D A
We come together on the mountain
D D D D
Hell Yeah
You are the hawk, you are the porcupine
You are the zebra in a straight line
The next symphony, the next movement
The chord changes, the next president
You are my favorite
You are my favorite animal
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
B B B B B B
Sky is over me
Clouds are over me
Rolling over me to you
SOLO
You are the panther, you are the pelican
You are the panda, a world citizen
Who needs an answer when there’s no question
No memory, only recognition
You are my favorite
You are my favorite animal
REPEAT CHORUS X2
REPEAT BRIDGE
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The Right Palace
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THE RIGHT PALACE
Copyright 2021 Jonathan Lethem & Walter Salas-Humara
Published 2021 Lagartija Music BMI and ??
Key of E
In the right palace at just the right time
The right king is going out of his mind
The pure product of his own pure law
Cat looked at a king and here’s what he saw.
The true highway in the pale blue sky
The true horizon but it tells a lie
The false oasis isn’t near as you think
Camel don’t care, brought his own damn drink.
In the right palace but the clocks are all dead
The right king is going out of his head
All this can be yours, but for a heavy toll
Cat slapping at a goldfish in a golden bowl.
The temple at the lakeside is closed today
Priest on a bicycle with nothing to say
Lake water lapping at the temple door
Dog lapping the water ‘cause he knows what it’s for.
In the right palace at the chosen hour
Right king climbing to the highest tower
Stacking all the furniture in a kind of pyre
Cat don’t mind, he ain’t afraid of no fire.
Rope ladder hanging from a cave in the bluffs
Prisoner dangling from his rusty cuffs
Whispers his secret to a passing bird
Bird flies free, he can’t repeat what he heard.
In the right palace at the break of dawn
Right king dancing with his slippers on
Eyeballs almost bouncing out of his head
Cat looked at a king and went back to bed.
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Dreaming of Paris
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DREAMING OF PARIS
Copyright 2021 Walter Salas-Humara, Cynthia Keefe &
Brenda Hunt
Published 2021 Lagartija Music BMI
G F#/G
Wild horses coming off the ridge
B/C C
Looking for water and a place to rest
G F#/G C C
But they really just want to go to Paris
Flock of geese coming down the river
Looking for a place to spend the winter
But they really just want to go to Paris
C D
Paris, Oh Paris
G C
Don’t ever stop dreaming of Paris
C G
Paris, Oh Paris
F
The water at the bottom of the well
D
The sound in the middle of the bell
Am C G G
Don’t ever stop dreaming of Paris
Writer in the writer’s room
The next chapter, the next tune
But they really just want to go to Paris
Artist in the studio what colors will they choose
Mona Lisa is their muse
They’re gonna find her in Paris
REPEAT CHORUS
D Am
Heaven is a dream and Paris is heaven
D
Paris is a dream
C B/C F C G
Where Love and Light and Life are spoken
REPEAT CHORUS
Don’t ever stop dreaming
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Colorado River
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COLORADO RIVER
Copyright 2018 Walter Salas-Humara
Published 2018 Lagartija Music BMI
D
Climbing the walls of rock churches
G
With the ravens and hummingbirds buzzing around
A
The bighorn sheep on their solemn perches
D
Are wondering what these crazy humans are doing in their town
G A
Colorado River
Bm G
She’ll make you shiver
A D
And her raging rapids turn you upside down
16 souls on an epic journey
The started clean and smelling so fine
By day 5 they were muddy and dirty
With no worries and no trouble on their minds
Colorado River
She’s a taker and a giver
And that Arizona sun makes her shimmer and shine
SOLO
G A Bm G G A D
On day 13 came their greatest challenge
The biggest and angriest rapid they call Lava Falls
Their skill and their courage was their only advantage
Over the monstrous boat sucking holes and cheese grating rocks
They rowed in with their oars a blazing
5 rafts looking for that perfect line
Their were voices a hollering and waves a thrashing
Loving that muddy water like it was fine wine
Colorado River
She’s a question and an answer
She’ll warm your heart and blow your mind
Days, weeks, decades and centuries
Millenia and eons, she’s seen it all
Past the dinosaurs and mammoths and all of the wreckage
Created by all of the creatures big and small
She turns matter into energy, essence into spirit
She is many and she is one
She is life and she is wonderful
Mysterious, scary and deliriously fun
Colorado River
She’ll make you shiver
And her raging rapids turn you upside down
Colorado River
She’s a taker and a giver
And that Arizona sun makes her shimmer and shine
Colorado River
She’s a question and an answer
She’ll warm your heart and blow your mind
Colorado River
In the summer and the winter
Let her flow for all time
Bm
Let her flow for all time
G A D
Let her flow for all time
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Snow King
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SNOW KING
Copyright 2021 Walter Salas-Humara, Lagartija Music BMI
Looking out the window
At the heavy snow
All is dripping white
The sky is falling low
Pulling on my boots and gloves and hat
Hear the snow king talking
A long ramble of words
The sky is falling, falling fast
You never know how deep it gets or how long it lasts
How long it lasts
Snow King
Look out for the Snow King
Snow King
Look out for the Snow King
Leave the camp fire smoking
Leave the Snow King choking
Leave his backbone broken
The snow king’s sliding
Down a slippery path
To a world as white as hate can last
Shiver in your cabin
When the Snow King rules
He’s gonna sink this ship of fools
You never know how fast it cools
Or how long he rules
How long he rules
Snow King
Look out for the Snow King
Snow King
Look out for the Snow King
Leave the camp fire smoking
Leave the Snow King choking
Leave his backbone broken
See the snow king smiling
From both sides of his mouth
The mob outside is getting mad
You never know how deep it gets or how long it lasts
How long it lasts
How long it lasts
How long it lasts
How long it lasts
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The Spanish Man
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THE SPANISH MAN
Copyright 2022 Walter Salas-Humara
Published 2022 Lagartija Music BMI
E F#m
The hourglass and the sand
A B
Like bad trouble coming
His mind never could understand
Why his heart was always seeking
Pre-Chorus:
A B
What is the space
between the lines and forms
What is it’s color
When it’s not yet born
Chorus:
E A
Growing old and staying young
E B
The Spanish Man and his German Son
The more you speak/think the less you get done
The Spanish Man and his German Son
His son had no new memories
Only old ones distant and weak
He spoke in broken sentences
In a language his father did not speak
There was anger and indifference
But they never let it show
They smiled and laughed at the lack of confidence and
the love they would never know
Repeat Pre-Chorus and Chorus
Bridge:
A B
They concentrated on the precious moments
Occupied the same physical space
How similar their instincts were
Of the heart that they were made
Whisper to your sleeping child
Tell him why you had say goodbye
He’s gonna grow up fast and wild
And never know why you left his side
What is the space
between the lines and forms
What is it’s color
When it’s not yet born
Repeat Pre-Chorus and Chorus
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Rocking and Raging
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ROCKING AND RAGING
Copyright 2021 Walter Salas-Humara
Published 2021 Lagartija Music BMI
Key of E
I don’t ever wanna to stop it
I don’t even wanna try and slow it down
It’s just a natural kind of feeling and emotion
It’s just a natural kind of feeling and dreaming
and singing and dancing
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
I don’t ever wanna, stop, stop, stop, stop
I won’t ever stop rocking and dancing yeah
Let’s stop thinking and thinking
And start being and being and singing and dancing
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
It’s in the air
It’s in the everywhere
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
Rocking and Raging
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DOMINICO DELVECCHIO LANE
Copyright 2018 Walter Salas-Humara, Ken Lane
Published 2018 Lagartija Music BMI
C Em
He’s got a brain so he thinks he’s smarter
D C
Nico Dominico
C Em
He’s got muscles so he thinks he’s stronger
D C
Nico Dominico
C Em
He’s not a kid, he’s a little bigger
D C
Nico Dominico
C Em
He’s not quiet, he’s a lot louder
D C
Nico Dominico
Am Bm C D
He’s not just Ken’s son, HE’S A MAN
G D C
Dominico DelVecchio Lane
G D C
Some folks think they know better and they’ll tell you to behave
Am Bm C D
But don’t you ever, ever, ever change
G D G
DOMINICO DELVECCHIO LANE!
He’s kinds sensitive, he’s touchy feelie
Nico Dominico
And when he’s on his bike he rides a badass wheelie
Nico Dominico
His slapshot from the blue line isn’t always on net
Nico Dominico
If you carry the puck into this zone, blown up is what you’ll get
Nico Dominico
He’s not just Ken’s son, HE’S A MAN
Dominico DelVecchio Lane
Some folks think they know better and they’ll tell you to behave
But don’t you ever, ever, ever change
DOMINICO DELVECCHIO LANE!
Em G
He rowed his boat into the rapid at House Rock
Am C
He didn’t quite get squared up and his boat it took a knock
Em G
His mate went into the water, but he scrambled back inside
Am C
Nico lost an oar and he went for a little flight
Em G
But in a flash he was in his captain’s seat again
Am C D
And he rode right through that rapid like a champion boater man
Dominico DelVecchio Lane
Some folks think they know better and they’ll tell you to behave
But don’t you ever, ever, ever change
DOMINICO DELVECCHIO LANE!
DON’T YOU EVER, EVER CHANGE!
OLE!
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Puede Ser
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PUEDE SER
Copyright 2021 Walter Salas-Humara
Published 2021 Lagartija Music BMI
E A
Nos vemos esta noche (We see each other tonight)
E A
A tu gusto el lugar (The place is your choice)
F#m C#m
Estoy alegre y nervioso (I’m happy and nervous)
A B
Anticipando el dolor (Anticipating the pain)
Cerveza Mexicana (Mexican beer)
Entendiendo sin hablar (Understanding without speaking)
Tu tranquila y segura (You are calm and secure)
Renunciando al poder (Stepping down from power)
CHORUS
A B
Creo que tenemos (I think we have)
E A
Un futuro, puede ser (A future, it could it be)
A
Puede ser (Could it be?)
B
Puede ser (Could it be?)
E
Puede ser (It could it be)
Nos vemos otro año (We see each other another year)
En Marruecos por el mar (In Morocco by the sea)
Encantador de serpientes (Snake charmer)
Yo tratando de ganar (I’m trying to win)
Tu respeto y tu alma (Your respect and your soul)
Tres dias nada mas (In only three days)
Yo idiota y payaso (Me, and idiot and a clown)
Espero que me llamaras (I hope you’ll still call me)
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
F#m E
Señales son barcos (Signals are boats)
A C#m
Cruzando el mar azul (Crossing the blue sea)
F#m E
Creyendo y buscando (Believing and searching)
A B
El sueño eterno de luz (For the eternal dream of light)
SOLO
REPEAT CHORUS
Amiga o amante (Friend or lover)
No tienes que decir (You don’t have to say)
Mi corazón esta rompiendo (My heart is breaking)
Que tendré que hacer (What do I have to do)
Estando serca me olvido (Being close I forget)
Nadie me va salvar (No one will save me)
Cuando viene el amor (When love comes)
Agárralo y no dejar (Grab it and don’t let go)
REPEAT CHORUS
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LOVE AND TRUST AND FRIENDS
Copyright 2020 Walter Salas-Humara, Amy Daggett, Jerry Joseph
Published 2020 Lagartija Music BMI
Dm G
We say goodbye, we say hello
C Am
We like to show what we know
Dm G
When we’re alone in the dark
C
There is a light
What we say, what we do
We hear from one, maybe two
Every voice is a choice
And has a place
F G
Don’t be too hard
C Am
Don’t ever judge
F G
Cause the only way to get enough
Am
Is to forget
G
To Forget
CHORUS:
Time and time again
Memory defends
Love and trust and friends
Love and trust and friends
A hand that always lends
A strength that never bends
Together til the end
Love and trust and friends
When I’m alone I get scared
I let you know that I care
In the end I need you here
I wanna stay
Sometimes you look in my eye
You know that I lie
Still you stand by my side
Holding my hand
REPEAT CHORUS
Am C
The ringing in my ears is as clear as a bell
Am C
I need not fear cause I’ve been drawing from the well
Am F
Every chance I try to show you
G
How much I love you
REPEAT CHORUS X2
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The Silos New York, New York
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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