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When The Telephone Rings

by The Silos

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1.
The Only Love 05:38
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THE ONLY LOVE Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) You take a walk in the morning Try and write it all down Stare out at the ocean Ask what you can do without You will ask for a lot You will use your silver spoon You will work your ass off You will walk to the moon You can save up your money You can buy a new Volvo You can dress up funny You can dance the mambo Only love can send you to the sky Only love can make you wonder why Only love can shake you to your soul Only love can be The only love Let's meet at the library Then we won't have to talk We'll stare a hole in the reading room We'll tie a whole new knot We can learn from the old We can build a foundation Throw away what we been sold Be a brand new nation We don't have to slow down We got a deeper concentration Create a whole new sound Start a radio station Only love can send you to the sky Only love can make you wonder why Only love can shake you to your soul Only love can be The only love You can go to the cemetery Talk to the dead You can do what's necessary To get out of your head You feel hungry and lost But you won't sit still Your gonna take it to the boss Your gonna get your fill When you meet your maker If she won't understand Tell her to get over it And hold out your hand Only love can send you to the sky Only love can make you wonder why Only love can shake you to your soul Only love can be The only love
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Whistled A Slow Waltz 02:37
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WHISTLED A SLOW WALTZ Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) The man wears a wide grin Seems that smiling is all he does Waved goodbye to his children As they climbed into the schoolbus He whistled a slow waltz As he danced across the front yard And he thanked all his lucky stars He put his arms around his sweet wife He rubbed her wedding ring Said i'll love you for the rest of our lives Come whatever our lives may bring He whistled a slow waltz As he danced across the front yard And he thanked all his lucky stars One year when the money was bad And his boy asked him how they would live He said don't worry boy the family's what we have Sometimes you gotta take Other time's you gotta give Some year's you're flush But it's never as good as you think it will be Other year's you're broke But it's never as bad as you think it will be Money don't mean nothing at all Money don't mean nothing at all Money don't mean nothing at all He whistled a slow waltz As he danced across the front yard And he thanked all his lucky stars
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Ready For Anything 03:44
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READY FOR ANYTHING Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) In four or five weeks The leaves will start to turn Let's be ready for anything There will be plenty of lessons we can learn Then we'll be ready for anything We don't need to lean on yesterday Or hold a candle for the past We can choose to while the time away This ole life was made to last Listen to records Figure out the chords We can be ready for anything On the beach Tonight's the night Then we'll be ready for anything We don't need to lean on yesterday Or hold a candle for the past We can choose to while the time away This ole life was made to last I'm pulling over for some gas And while we're here i'll have a look at the map We can find a place to dance We will cross the overpass to find A world of love and piece of mind Into the sunset Under the golden gate We are ready for anything Trim the sails It's never too late We are ready for anything We don't need to lean on yesterday Or hold a candle for the past We can choose to while the time away This ole life was made to last
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Holding On To Life 03:33
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HOLDING ON TO LIFE Copyright 2003 Konrad Meissner and Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) One cross to bear Money to be spent Three standing there One accident Coming round the corner Silently at first Then the accelerator Too loud for words Dancing along With your head held high Holding on to life We sent all the cards They just keep coming back The car is in the yard The train is off the track Dancing along With your head held high Holding on to life Have you been to Coney Island Have you seen the Mona Lisa's smile One sweet seed Planted in the dirt A chorus of angels Looking for work Dancing along With your head held high Holding on to life
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Innocent 03:13
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INNOCENT Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) Keep your eyes on the prize Your world doesn't owe you a thing The sun is on the rise Toss your head back and sing Are we gonna get it right Where are we going tonight Is there ever any end in sight Are we gonna get it right How we gonna get it Keep your heart innocent of your world Keep your arms around your bride Your kids don't owe you a thing The moon is on the rise Toss your head back and sing Are we gonna get it right Where are we going tonight Is there ever any end in sight Are we gonna get it right How we gonna get it Keep your heart innocent of your world Your boss doesn't owe you a thing Your wife doesn't owe you a thing Your kidss don't owe you a thing Your world doesn't owe you a thing Keep your heart innocent of your world
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When The Telephone Rings 04:03
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WHEN THE TELEPHONE RINGS Copyright 2003 Paul Opperman and Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) Chilling Autumn rains Make curtain skyscrapers More beautiful to see With the water dripping I wish somehow I could wash This perishing world Even in New York How I long for New York When the telephone rings A withered dream In the windy fields of memory Piercing like a knife Coming out to view The truth of flowers blooming In a concrete box Even in New York How I long for New York When the telephone rings The winter days go on But how far away This time called long ago Then the new year arrives In utter simplicity In a deep blue sky Even in New York How I long for New York When the telephone rings
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The First Move 04:12
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THE FIRST MOVE Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) Green in october When she gonna stop and think When you gonna move on over Whose gonna blink The first time The first move The only one You got to lose Pride of december Old enough to be a saint Is she gonna remember Whose gonna faint The first time The first move The only one You got to lose Never a fall back Plan in the way Living day by day Never gonna crack Never gonna sway There is no other way Standing in a puddle of water Waiting for the shock Finding one another Whose gonna knock The first time The first move The only one You got to lose
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Don't Wanna Know 02:57
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DON'T WANNA KNOW Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) Went to the bar down on your street Met your friends and they told me Yeah, now, I believe Yeah, now, I believe I don't wanna know I don't wanna hear about you seeing him Now I know what I'm gonna do I'm gonna drink all night and forget all about you Yeah, now, I believe Yeah, now, I believe I don't wanna know I don't wanna hear about you seeing him Set 'em up We'll knock 'em down Pretty soon I won't see that you're not around I may be a prince I may be a clown I built this house You tore it down I don't feel anything for you I don't feel anything for you Everybody's got your news Everybody's got your news Yeah I got your news I don't wanna know I don't wanna hear about you seeing him
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15 Days 03:05
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Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) 15 days from San Francisco You took the very first step Everyone needs someone to talk to This is as hard as it gets Isn't there a nicer one than him One that's blue and bold and smart and then Hold him up for me to admire Toss him higher and higher into The air that's at our backs and fills the mainsail As we belly into the sun Everyone needs a place to strive for To settle down when we're done You deny the very thing that grows You deny the part of you that knows That there is no answer No, there is no answer 15 days from San Francisco You took the very first step Everyone needs someone to talk to This is as hard as it gets
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Dumbest On Parade 03:53
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DUMBEST ON PARADE Copyright 2003 Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Lagartija Music (BMI) What shut you down Where have you been I know it's the dumbest scene It's the one I'm in So many compromises So many sacrifices Do what you wanna do Don't you be alright for me I'll be alright today The dumbest on parade How can we leave this world Where would we go I know it's the dumbest scene But we all want more So many compromises So many sacrifices Do what you wanna do Don't you be alright for me I'll be alright today The dumbest on parade I'll never let you let me down I'll always be at home with you Please don't shut down Where would I go I know it's the dumbest scene But I want more So many compromises So many sacrifices Do what you need to do It's alright with me I'll be alright today The dumbest on parade
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Take A Hit 07:18
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TAKE A HIT Copyright 2003 Tom Freund and Walter Salas-Humara Published 2003 Surf Road Music (ASCAP) and Lagartija Music (BMI) They need your constant attention The whole thing is cracking apart Did I forget to mention It was ending right from the start I don't know about you I'll take a hit of that partner Been working all week long I didn't realize we were writing music I gotta hear the song There's a late afternoon siesta Somewhere in a back room Is this some kinda low budget Mexican fiesta Or a mid-summer night's gloom I don't know about you I'll take a hit of that partner Been working all week long I didn't realize we were writing music I gotta hear the song How come harmonicas sound so good Why do these words fall so hard Why when you know you think you should Does it all fall apart I don't know about you I'll take a hit of that partner Been working all week long I didn't realize we were writing music I gotta hear the song

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Most great bands evolve and change, building up and tearing down their sound. The Silos have a history. This album is both a departure from the purely stripped down trio recordings of late and a return to the richly textured intricacies of albums such as "Cuba." We find an incredible cast of characters buoying the key components of Walter Salas-Humara, Drew Glackin and Konrad Meissner. The trio’s still working, and the support staff is back: Mary Rowell, Amy Allison, Richard Lloyd, Dave Boyle, Mary Lee Kortes, Dennis Cronin, Don Piper, and Paul Wallfisch. The sound of the album, then, is immediately familiar. These are the Silos you remember. You know it from the first song’s downbeat, and by the chorus you realize: a good friend has come home to visit. Original Release: September 2004 Dualtone Music Group.

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released September 15, 2004

Produced by Walter Salas-Humara. Mixed by Dave McNair at Jarvis. Mastered by Ray Kennedy at Zen Masters. Recorded at Studio Double You, Joe Blaney’s, Between The Trains, The Boyler Room, Jarvis, Steve McCormick’s and Dave Bassett’s.

Musicians: Walter Salas-Humara, Drew Glackin and Konrad Meissner with Richard Lloyd, Amy Allison, Mary Rowell, Tom Freund, David Boyle, Mary Lee Kortes, Bruce Martin, Dennis Cronin, Jason Victor, Dave Bassett, Don Piper, Dave McNair and Paul Wallfisch

Cover Photo: Delissa Santos. Cover Design: Tanya Hotton.

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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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