Song Info
Originated on May 11, 2003
Composed by Ric Albano (Cygnus Wave Music, ASCAP) & Ron Simasek (United People’s Temple of Rhombus Music, ASCAP)
From the compilation album Pieces of the Past by Sinclair Soul
Released on April 7, 2026
Musicians
Ric Albano – piano, bass, organ, vocals
Bret Alexander – lead guitars
Ron Simasek – drums
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Lyrics
And once the jacks are in their boxes, we pass retroactive judgment
For not seeing tiny lights and not hearing the faint pleas from the future
Down in ‘never-never-ever-been-that-ordinary’ land
Where the crossroads of forever stretch in infinite directions
Where sound and light disseminate through tiny holes in this time-traversing van
Once the weather’s getting better we’ll revitalize the plan
Was this ever-ever-ever really alive and within reach?
Or did it crumble through the hands of success with it’s meek retreat?
Will the world still spin this night despite this man?
Who could never-never-ever have designed this odyssey
Odyssey, with no fortune of note sustained
Save the bane of under-quenched thirsts that sap the day
Of any soft or sympathetic ears to accost along the way
Nothing exists until it’s executed
But by then you’re beyond the “line of absolute”
How can you do it, show up late for that?
Could there have ever been a better bet laid on a surer thing?
Then one who’s credible, devoted, optimistic, true, and trusting
To simply cite the results is to overlook the strong significance
To one who thirsts for the ballad that this siren once agreed to sing
Significance upsets the balance through this happy fool’s ear
Within their ducts it dams up all truthful tears
And then extinguishes the flames by quixotic thought and providential fear
I rearrange the pieces of the past
Until today makes sense someway, somehow
‘Though distress flairs light up tonight’s sky
I just cannot be bothered with that now
And I’m never gonna be here again
And I’m never gonna be there again
There is only so much tension, you can cumber away
‘Til the mind no longer bends
Never gonna be there again
And I really haven’t been anywhere since then
Never gonna be there again
There is only so much passion one can drink
While his soul is on the mend
And I’m never gonna be here again
What can you do when you show up late for…
The day’s already been before…
Your key no longer unlocks that door?
© 2003-2026 Ric Albano and Cygnus Wave Records
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