Richard Barone | "COLLECTION: an embarrassment of richard"

richard barone
COLLECTION: an embarrassment of richard

(recordings 1987-1997) import | limited edition

1 river to river primal cuts version
2 i belong to me
3 forbidden
4 nobody knows me
5 silent symphony
6 flew a falcon
7 before you were born original lost demo
8 clouds over eden
9 miss jean
10 river to river
11 to the pure...
12 standing in the line
13 numbers with wings
14 i'll be your mirror
15 don't open 'til doomsday previously unreleased

cover photo by mick rock | copyright (c) mick rock

lyrics & credits:

1 river to river primal cuts version (barone/usher) miniature music (ascap)/ house of usher (bmi)

from "primal cuts" limited edition e.p., released by line records, germany, 1991. produced by richard barone & vince mauro,

recorded and mixed by don sternecker at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj, live in the studio, with audience

rb: electric guitar, vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello
nick celeste: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
valerie naranjo: marimba, percussion

River To River
(Barone/Usher)

You'd better cover your face tonight
someone might take it away
I've been watching with second sight
and I don't like what I see;
there's a shadow over me -

River to river I call your name
waiting for the water to rise
Anything forgotten is all the same
to a lover who lies
to a lover who lies

Now I've got an answer to what you need
but I'll never give it away
For each desire that isn't freed
one thing still remains:
your world is wrapped in chains

River to river I call your name
waiting for the water to rise
Anything forgotten is all the same
to a lover who lies
to a lover who lies

Running lonely here
It's cold and lonely here
I shiver in the night...

I'd better cover my heart tonight
someone might take it away
I've been watching you dress in white
for someone else's touch
and I don't need you that much.

River to river I call your name
waiting for the water to rise
Anything forgotten is all the same
to a lover who lies
to a lover who lies...

2 i belong to me (barone) miniature music (ascap)

from 'cool blue halo' released 1987

produced by richard barone. recorded live at the bottom line, nyc, by randy ezratty for effanel music. mixed at unique studios, nyc by jeff lord-alge

rb: electric guitar, vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello
nick celeste: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
valerie naranjo: vibrophone, percussion

I Belong To Me
(Barone)

when the rain has stopped
and everyone is out to play
i am a face in the window
passing through another day
i've heard the cool, cool music
of mingus and miles in the afternoon
i've seen a cool blue halo
forgotten by an angel in my room, but

i belong to me
of course i love you, but
my life is mine to be
what i want to

when the train has stopped
and everyone is homeward-bound
i am a boy in the window
passing through another town
i've heard the cruel, cruel voices
of men saying nothing in the afternoon
i found the ice-blue halo
lost by the devil in my room, but

i belong to me
of course i love you, but
my life is mine to be
what i want to

when the show is over
and everyone is going home
i am the child in the window
waiting for another go
i've heard the cool, cool music
of my heart beating softly in the afternoon
i've held the cold blue halo
traded by an angel in my room, but

i belong to me
of course i love you, but
my life is mine to be
what i want to.

3 forbidden (barone/usher) miniature music (ascap)/peer int'l corp. (bmi)

from 'clouds over eden' released 1993

produced and engineered by hugh jones at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj and sorcerer sound, nyc

rb: guitars, vocals
george usher: mellotron
tommy goss: drums
thaddeus castanis: bass
e.j. rodriguez: percussion

Forbidden
(Barone/Usher)

Forbidden eyes
know who you are
long before you ever say your name

They see you come
they see you go
and watch you dance a circle 'round the flame-

Forbidden, Forbidden
The sign says you can't pass through these doors

Forbidden, Forbidden
this world you live in isn't yours.

Forbidden words
know what you want
long before they're whispered in the night

They hold your hand
they hold your heart
and watch you dance alone by candlelight-

Forbidden, Forbidden
The sign says you can't pass through these doors

Forbidden, Forbidden
This world you live in isn't yours.

Forbidden eyes
they see you go
and watch you dance a circle 'round the flame

Forbidden eyes
know who you are
long before you ever say your name-

Forbidden eyes
Forbidden words
Forbidden thoughts.

4 nobody knows me (barone/johnson) miniature music (ascap)/cold weather music (bmi)

from 'clouds over eden' released 1993

produced and engineered by hugh jones at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj and sorcerer sound, nyc

rb: guitars, vocals, arp string ensemble
mark johnson: rhythm guitar, hammond b3
nick celeste: backing vocals
tommy goss: drums
jane scarpantoni: cello
thaddeus castanis: bass
e.j. rodriguez: percussion

Nobody Knows Me
(Barone/Johnson)

Lonely sidewalks that lead nowhere
Lonely footsteps up the stairs
Lonely eyes that look right through
the lonely lights of the avenue

Nobody knows me-
knows the way I feel
Nobody sees that I'm
even here.

My watch is clicking keeping time
empty verses that never rhyme
Lonely eyes behind a screen
A stranger's face I've never seen

Nobody knows me-
knows the way I feel
Nobody seems I'm
even here.

You walk past my window-
what do you see?
It's all a reflection
when you're looking at me.

And if my life's an open book,
I've lost myself among the pages
And out the window at five a.m.
I watch the snow in all its stages
and if I've lingered for too long
in a time when it's all too clear
that nobody knows me.

Nobody knows me-
knows the way I feel
Nobody seems I'm
even here.

You walk past my window-
what do you see?
It's all a reflection
when you're looking at me.

Nobody knows me-
Nobody knows...

5 silent symphony/
6 flew a falcon (barone) miniature music (ascap)

from 'cool blue halo" released 1987

produced by richard barone. recorded live at the bottom line, nyc, by randy ezratty for effanel music. mixed at unique studios, nyc by jeff lord-alge

rb: electric guitar, vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello
nick celeste: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
valerie naranjo: vibes, percussion

Silent Symphony
(Barone)

Love's an afterthought to you, a diamond piano stool
in your precious hiding place inside your mind
We walk through the dangers of the night
in clever camouflage from sight
love's hallucination inside our minds
When the moon is rising high angels shrug their shoulders
watching sadly from the sky our illusion.

But love's no afterthought to me
a silent symphony in my precious hiding place
inside my mind

When the moon is rising high, angels shrug their shoulders
watching sadly from the sky our illusion.


© 1987 Miniature Music (ASCAP).All rights reserved. Used by permission.


Flew A Falcon
(Barone)

I flew a falcon, I flew a thunderbird
I threw everything away

There was a pasture, someone was chanting
I couldn't listen anyway

And in the future
if there is time left
then I will show you how I feel

Too many scared guys
too many scared guys 
I want to kiss you but I'll go away

Let me go, away
Let me go, away
Let me go, away
 Let me go, away.


© 1987 Miniature Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

7 before you were born original demo, previously unreleased (barone) miniature music (ascap)

recorded and mixed by don sternecker at mixolydian studios, boonton, n.j., 1989. song appeared on 'primal dream' in 1990.

rb: electric guitar, vocals
jane scapantoni: cello
nick celeste: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
rick solberg: drums
thaddeus castanis: bass

Before You Were Born
(Barone)

I was out on the edge, a cat on the ledge
before you were born
Hanging out on the street, an angel in heat
before you were born
Driving off in a car, so fast and so far
before you were born
I was living the lie, forgot how to cry
before you were born

Can you see, can you see why I want you now?
Can you see, can you see why I want you now?

Staying out all night, I had to learn how to fight
before you were born
I got my hands on the wheel, learning to feel
before you were born

So you know, so you know why I need you now
So you know, so you know why I need you now
Can't you see, can't you see why I love you now?
Can't you see, can't you see why I love you now?

I was living in sin, trying not to fit in
before you were born
I was starting to see, it was them against me
before you were born
I didn't act on a dare because I just didn't care
before you were born
I only wish I'd believed someone like me
before you were born

Now I know, now I know why you came my way --
You've got all, you've got all that I've thrown away
Can't you see, can't you see why I want you now?
Can't you see, can't you see why I want you now?
Can't you see ... before you were born.

8 clouds over eden (barone/usher) miniature music (ascap)/peer int'l corp. (bmi)

from 'clouds over eden' released 1993

produced and engineered by hugh jones at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj and sorcerer sound, nyc

rb: acoustic motif guitar, vocals
george usher: piano, acoustic guitar
nick celeste: backing vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello
martha mooke: viola
stuart schuele: french horn

Clouds Over Eden
(Barone/Usher)

Tears and laughter
break the silence
everywhere I go
These days of wine and roses
keep rolling on
rolling on

I can't turn away
I look and all I ever find
are pieces of a puzzle-
and no one seems to mind

Clouds over Eden
and waiting for the rain
with so much to be lost
and nothing much to gain

Clouds over Eden
and the only light that's near
is far away from here
far away from here.

Everywhere I see
a trace of what's been left behind
fading into darkness-
and no one seems to mind.

Clouds over Eden
and waiting for the rain
with so much to be lost
and nothing much to gain

Clouds over Eden
and the only light that's near
is far away from here
far away from here.

9 miss jean (barone/shear) miniature music (ascap)/juters music (bmi)

words by richard barone. music by richard barone & jules shear

from 'clouds over eden' released 1993

produced and engineered by hugh jones at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj and sorcerer sound, nyc.

string arrangement by nicky holland

rb: guitars, e-bow, vocals, arp string ensemble
nick celeste: acoustic guitar
jane scarpantoni: cello
tommy goss: drums
thaddeus castanis: bass

string quartet-
david nadian: first violin
barry finclair: violin
charles mccraken:cello
lamar alsop: viola

Miss Jean
(Barone/Shear)

She meets the train at the station
Looking back but she doesn't see
The palm trees seem / A southern dream
The poet's words are deceiving
She's leaving she's leaving.

The city sounds like the answer
Buildings reach to oblivion
But when she stares / And no one cares
The city lights are misleading --
She's bleeding,
She's bleeding.

Oh and somebody told her she'd keep all she'd find
Oh, and everyone said she'd meet more of her kind
But nobody mentioned the times she would cry all night long
Miss Jean, Miss Jean

She spends her days by the window
Rents a room from a man downstairs
Looking out / A woman shouts
No martyr's life bears repeating
Repeating,
Repeating.

Oh and somebody told her she'd keep all she'd find
Oh, and everyone said she'd meet more of her kind
But nobody mentioned the times she would cry all night long

When the leaves turned to fall she had all she could hold
She awoke to a storm lying naked and cold
Aand over her head hung the lies she'd been told all her life
She meets the plane on the runway
Looking back but she doesn't see
Ten years that seem / A stranger's dream
Tthe subway map was deceiving --
She's leaving,
She's leaving.
Miss Jean, Miss Jean

10 river to river (barone/usher) miniature music (ascap)/house of usher (bmi)

from 'primal dream' released 1990

produced by richard gottehrer. recorded and mixed by jeffery lesser at rpm studios, nyc

rb: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, mellotron
nick celeste: acoustic guitar, vocals
george usher: acoustic guitar
thaddeus castanis: bass
j.d. daugherty: drums
jane scarpantoni: cello
valerie naranjo: percussion

(see lyrics for track 1)

11 to the pure... (barone) miniature music (ascap)

from 'between heaven & cello' released 1994 line records, germany. original version of the song is on 'primal dream'

produced by richard barone and vince mauro, recorded live at fez, nyc by kevin williams. direct to DAT

rb: guitar, vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello

To The Pure...
(Barone)

In the morning on a white bicycle
In the morning on a white bicycle
In the morning on a white bicycle I will ride to you

I woke up face down in the snow
from a dream that started seven years ago
I didn't know where I could be
I can't believe I'd sold so many parts of me -

To the pure, from deep in the purest part of me
To the pure, from deep in the purest part of me.

I woke up face up in the sand
from I dream I know I'll never understand
I didn't know if it was real
I just remember how alone I can feel

To the pure, from deep in the purest part of me
To the pure, from deep in the purest part of me.

In the morning on a white bicycle
Afternoon I'm on a red bicycle
In the evening on a black bicycle I will ride to you.

To the pure, from deep in the purest part of me
To the pure, from deep in the purest part of me.

12 standing in the line (barone) miniature music (ascap)

from 'clouds over eden' released 1993

produced and engineered by hugh jones at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj and sorcerer sound, nyc

rb: guitars, vocals, mellotron
jane scarpantoni: cello
rachelle garniez: accordiana
tommy goss: drums
thaddeus castanis: bass

Standing in the Line
(Barone)

For all the ladies standing in the line
for all the people waiting for a sign
you cry, you cry.

For all the beggars reaching out a hand
for all the soldiers crawling 'cross the sand
you cry, you cry.

For all the children staring into space
as all the politicians fall from grace
you cry, you cry.

For all the prisoners held without a crime
and all the angels dead before their time
you cry, you cry.

And oh-how I need to believe
But the devil deals with face cards up his sleeve-
And oh-if your tears were a sign,
I would put my life in your hands and stand in the line.

For all the creatures running out of luck
and all the forests burning for a buck
you cry, you cry.

For all the ones that die without a cause
and all the nations bombing to defend God's laws
you cry, you cry.

And oh-how I pray that you're real
But the devil pulls a string we all can feel-
And oh-if your love was for free,
I would stand alone at your door to hear you crying for me.

For all the people starving in the night
for all the sailors looking for a fight
you cry, you cry.

For the beggars reaching out a hand
and all the soldiers crawling 'cross the sand
you cry, you cry.

For all the ladies standing in the line
and all the people waiting for a sign
you cry, you cry.

13 numbers with wings (barone) miniature music (ascap)

from 'cool blue halo' released 1987

produced by richard barone

recorded live at the bottom line, nyc, by randy ezratty for effanel music. mixed at unique studios, nyc by jeff lord-alge. originally recorded by the bongos in 1983

rb: electric guitar, vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello
nick celeste: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
valerie naranjo: percussion

Numbers with Wings
(Barone)

i spy
i see through everything
but i know
i don't know anything
and on cold nights
my soul is like anyone's
and on slow nights
i'd forgive anyone

i've got a number with wings
i've got a number with wings

time flies
hands of the hourglass
getting born
watching the seasons pass
and on cold nights
my soul is like anyone's
and on slow nights
i'd forgive anyone

i've got a number with wings
i've got a number with wings

i know
i'll live through everything
but i cry
i'll cry about anything
and on cold nights
my soul is like anyone's
and on slow nights
well, i'd forgive anyone

i've got a number with wings
i've got a number with wings
i've got a number...

14 i'll be your mirror (lou reed) oakfield avenue music (bmi) adm. by screen gems / emi.

from 'primal dream' released 1990

produced by richard barone & vince mauro. recorded at rpm studios, nyc

rb: electric guitar, vocals
jane scarpantoni: cello

I'll Be Your Mirror
(Lou Reed)

I'll be your mirror
reflect what you are
In case you don't know

I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset
The light on the door to show that you're home.

When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind -
I will stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands 'cause I see you.

I find it hard to believe
You don't know the beauty you are.
But if you don't, then let me be your eyes,
The hand to your darkness, so you won't be afraid.

I'll be your mirror
I'll be your mirror
I'll be your mirror...

bonus track:

15 don't open 'til doomsday previously unreleased (barone/schneider) richard barone music/fun bunnies int'l tunes (bmi)

produced and engineered by hugh jones at mixolydian studios, boonton, nj and master rock studios, london, england, 1991.

mixed at master rock studios. london, england by hugh jones; engineered by katie dahlstrom, assisted by andy smith, 15 sept. 91.

rb: guitars, vocals, mellotron, tapes, fairlight cmi
fred schneider: backing vocals (appears courtesy warner bros./reprise records)
jane scarpantoni: celli
tommy goss: drums
thaddeus castanis: bass
e.j. rodriguez: percussion

remastered by phillip klum at jigsaw sound. original tracks mastered by bob ludwig at gateway and masterdisk, and greg calbi at sterling sound.

richard barone COLLECTION: an embarrassment of richard

(recordings 1987-1997) import | limited edition

richard barone
COLLECTION: an embarrassment of richard