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Hasta La Victoria!

by The Silos

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1.
Miles Away 04:20
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MILES AWAY Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI Something about the way that you smile is a warning to me Something about the way that you smile is a warning to me I can't seem to get through to you No matter how hard I try I can't seem to get through to you and I don't know why You are miles away How can we go on not talking? How can we go on? How can we go on just laughing and smiling and nothing Nothing at all There's nothing at all There's nothing at all We are miles away Something about the way that you smile is a warning to me Something about the way that we laugh at each other is giving us Giving us away Because there's nothing at all If we don't start talking soon We are miles away
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Ride 03:47
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RIDE Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Publiished 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI It was the haziest of weather And the bluest skies were gone My friend and I struck out together We had no plans to look toward On the 4th day of December We were young and we were strong But we were blind and we were pointless Our minds were quick but without form In the coldest of weather We found an old woman for hire To make the trip more green and lovely To teach us Spanish and tell our lies We just ride, we just ride We just ride and ride and ride She says aim high; she's all we know We just try and try and try In the muddiest of weather We took the road down to the shore The sun was just a dim outline The old woman drove the car In the faultiest of weather Where the desert meets the sea We looked upon that great blue vastness Opened our lungs We began to sing We just ride, we just ride We just ride and ride and ride
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All Spring All Summer 04:51
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ALL SPRING ALL SUMMER Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI Holding close the moment we made Shaking all over the place I stayed up all night thinking So much going on No time to get used to it You took more from me than I had Never thought I'd want a kiss so bad My judgement was anything but good I can't seem to remember To forget the way I'm made If all of the fear was out of the way Anything could happen Everyone has something to give Let's give it all away All spring all summer I didn't phone you You didn't phone me back I still want you, but My life is so far away From goals that may not be in store and I may not see you anymore Stayed up all night thinking So much going on Got the rest of my lifetime To get used to it If all of the fear was out of the way Anything could happen Everyone has something to give Let's give it all away All spring all summer
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My Big Car 03:13
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MY BIG CAR Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI Drive all day Drive around Drive aroubd this city Drive around the potholes, but I hit, I hit, I hit I hit I got hit, I got hit and It's the end It's all over for My big car Got my big car about four weeks ago It's yellow with silver chrome and numbers on the side and I'll take fast corners and Cut people off when I want to I'll drive around the city Leave no parts untraveled I'll go anywhere I want to because I'm not afraid, but It's the end It's all over for My big car I love that car I stay up all night in my car I love that car I stay up all night in my car I'm not afraid of my job and I'm handy with my tools I don't smoke or drink while I'm working and I keep my tires real full It handles better that way I love my car, I love that car I love that car, I love my car, but It's the end It's all over I hit, I hit, I hit I hit I got hit, I got hit and It's the end It's all over for My big car
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Try Tomorrow 04:52
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TRY TOMORROW Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI I've been thinking about my sister-in-law Can she be real? Can her family be real? It seems so easy, can it be real? She got such beautiful children in the deal I've been thinking about my brother There's something about the way he talks to me I don't know if he's happy or if he's not I don't know if he's wanting or Thinking about what he's got I've been at the door Years have come, years have gone Try today, try tomorrow I've been thinking about this friend of mine He gets angry He does what he wants Can he be real? Can his life be real? Wish I could get angry Could it help me learn to feel? I've been at the door Years have come, years have gone Try today, try tomorrow There's nothing I can say There's nothing I can say to her She always knows what it is I haven't found the one I still haven't found the one for me I look all night, right up to the sunrise Looking forward to the day The light shine's on me I've been at the door Years have come, years have gone Try today, try tomorrow
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Find A Way 06:30
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FIND A WAY Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI I don't know about you, but I've been thinking around here Something's happening, but I don't know what time it is Or what street we're on, or what city we're in It's all up in the air We got two lives, three lives, four lives How many lives can we bear? There's something going on around here There's something going on around here Let's find a way, find a way Work it out, there's something about The way the night we drove around We read each other's minds out loud We always find so many reasons So many excuses, so many things we've said Let's look it straight in the eye and turn ourselves around Maybe the Atlantic and the Pacific Will come together somehow There's something going on around here There's something going on around here Let's find a way, find a way Work it out, there's something about The way the night we drove around We read each other's minds out loud Find a way, work it out Try and turn ourselves around Because there's something wrong in the way We're living our lives somehow We twist it right then left and stay awake till five We travel East then West and pray that we arrive That it won't get away from us That there's still time to Find a way, find a way Work it out, there's something about The way the night we drove around We read each other's minds out loud Find a way, work it out Try and turn ourselves around Because there's something wrong in the way We're living our lives somehow
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Rejuvenation 05:14
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REJUVENATION Copyright 1992 Janas Hoyt and Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Janas Hoyt Music, BMI and Lagartija Music, BMI See through See you You're part of me now. My hands Just feel Feels like water Feels like water You're part of me now Work it out all night Work it out in the morning We can turn it around five times Rejuvenation Just hear Just hear Hear your body Hear your tires Hear your motor Hear your motor You're part of me now Chorus My mind My mind Your mind Your mind You and I go mad You and I go mad You and I, You and I You're part of me now
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Henrietta 03:00
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HENRIETTA Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI Smoke in the kitchen Burn, burn, burn Burn them steak and eggs Burn them hash browns It's so hard It's so hard It's so hard to hate Henrietta Walk away from me Henrietta Tipping the balance sheet Give me back my soul Out on the fire escape Cough, cough, cough Down in the backyard Watch it all burn down It's so hard It's so hard It's so hard to hate Henrietta Out comes the firetruck Yeah. yeah, yeah I feel like a firetruck, but Henrietta's laughing her heart out It's so hard It's so hard It's so hard to hate Henrietta Walk away from me Henrietta Tipping the balance sheet Give me back my soul
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Your Last Life 02:43
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YOUR LAST LIFE Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI When I hold you to my chest and Lay my chin on your shoulder Your last life Your last life Your last life's gotta go I'm on loan from a friend Rest awhile, then disguise yourself Your last life Your last life Your last life's gotta go Behind a false wall Is a beautiful weapon to help you along Your last life Your last life Your last life's gotta go The future is uncertain, but The past is a bust I can tell by your expression There's hope on the horizon There's hope on the horizon
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Nobody But You 03:22
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NOBODY BUT YOU Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI Nobody but you Nobody but you There's noboby Nobody but you I know I'm So happy The thing you do It brings me near I'm not lonely anymore My someday is here I don't know where it's going I don't know where it's going I don't know where this thing is going I don't know where this thing is going I know that I'm So happy When I hear you call my name It brings me joy When you say that you're my friend You're my friend I'm not alone anymore Nobody but you There's noboby Nobody but you I say I'm So happy We're so happy
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Find Someone 03:33
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FIND SOMEONE Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI The path between's been all run down The colors of Summer are gone The weight upon your mind will soon be lifted Hold on Bright white light Hold on Te dead, dead night is coming along Holding on Find somebody Holding on Find someone Holding on to the chance I love your eyes I love you smile You drive me crazy Let's kiss for awhile and Forget about the life before and after Hold on Bright white light Hold on Te dead, dead night has come along Holding on Find somebody Holding on Find someone Holding on to the chance Somebody's holding somebody's hand Your look it takes me in Hold on Bright white light Hold on Te dead, dead night has come along Holding on Find somebody Holding on Find someone Holding on to the chance to forget
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All I Know Is Your Name 03:56
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ALL I KNOW IS YOUR NAME Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI The way you move me is a mystery Can't get enough I can't get enough It hurts It hurts You check me later and send God's blesses I'll go with you I'll go with you yet I don't want to say I don't want to say I don't want to say I don't know my name All I know is your name The way you think and the way you do You can go anywhere It hurts I don't want to say I don't want to say I don't want to say I don't know my name All I know is your name There is no home here at all I still can't let it go It hurts It hurts The way you move me is a mystery I don't know I don't know if I don't know if I I don't know if I ought to I don't know if I want to know It hurts
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Sometimes When I Come Over 02:24
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Three, Two, One And More 04:07
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THREE, TWO, ONE AND MORE Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Publiished 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI It's this fucking rain It's the cars and and the wait It's the one who gets blamed for all the time that is wasted A Blue truck A Blue train Blue eyes Blue miles gone Your hair, your hair Your eyes, your eyes Can unwind Was this your big idea Moving, moving, moving while you decide what to blame We can jump right off of this rooftop but Lets get out of this fucking rain for heaven's sake Chorus A waning light in the distance A lightning rod just the same A lighthouse is coming into view Across a no-man's land resisting change A lonely sign for the few souls who come looking for Three, two, one and more
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Be Honest With Me 04:06
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BE HONEST WITH ME Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Publiished 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI Do you want, something nice Or something true Been away, a lot this year A lot this year, oh this year, hey yeah Working hard, staying up late Trying harder Some days, and some mistakes Be honest with me, does this feel right?, hey yeah Be honest with me, be honest with me The whole room, the whole apartment The whole block Let's go, let's go, let;s go out Is it dark yet? Is it dark yet? Hey yeah Making up, as we go on It's clear, it's been long enough Is it dark yet? Is it dark yet? Is it dark yet? I can't, find anything wrong Anything wrong Do you find, anything wrong Be honest with me, does this feel right? hey yeah Be honest with me, be honest with me, be honest with me
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All Night 06:30
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ALL NIGHT Copyright 1992 Walter Salas-Humara Published 1992 Lagartija Music, BMI All night

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Hasta La Victoria was written in a bay window in Hoboken looking across the Hudson at the piers and skyscrapers of Manhattan, during a voyage across the country that included bat sightings in Texas as well as blackjack in Vegas, and finally in a small office on Hollywood Boulevard looking across an alley at a mural of Bogey, Bette, Marilyn and Gable. It spans broken marriages, lousy love affairs, futile attempts at auto body repair, the LA Riots, the LA Smog, the LA Transvestites on Santa Monica Boulevard, and fuses the Atlantic and Pacific into the next musical horizon.

First Release: March 1992 Normal Records, Germany. US Release: March 1994 Watermelon Records. Re-release: April 2003 Sonic Pyramid.

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released March 15, 1992

Produced by Walter Salas-Humara. Mixed by Barry Rudolph, Dave McNair, Huey Dee, Dave Bassett and Walter Salas-Humara. Recorded by Mike Fennel, Barry Rudolph, John Rosenberg, Jamie Prober, Huey Dee, Paul Mahern and Dave Bassett. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

Musicians: Walter Salas-Humara, Mary Rowell, J.D. Foster, Brian Doherty, Kenny Margolis, Tom Freund, Jon Dee Graham, Daren Hess, Scott Garber, Amy Allison, Sally Norvell, Sanford Stein, Peter Rauh, Jonathan Stork, Marlo Fisher, Janas Hoyt, Michael Ward, Dave Bassett, Jeff Muendel, Manuel Verzosa and Victoria Williams.

Cover Photo: Walter Salas-Humara. Cover Design: Olaf Meyer.

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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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