A song about a "we" being born.  Dave Bell of Blue Attitude played guitar and Shigeki Adachi of Animal Records provided the string arrangement.  I played bass and sang.

Born Today

STEELY DAN 

By David Snyder 

V1 

Give me the red pill sugar 
To set me free 
I may take the blue pill later 
So I can sleep 
It’s fine all right 
If the world lasts one more night 
Although New York City is burning 
The house party is in sight 

CH: 

And the girls don’t care what you’re doing 
As long as you do it all night long 
And the girls will give it all to you  
If you play their favorite song 
And just 
Be man 
Keep it up and have a plan 
Make it jazzy if you can 
If your skin has a deeper tan 
play some Steely Dan 

V2 

Find me some politicians 
To treat me nice 
Give me some sweet molasses 
And banana spice 
It’s fine all right 
If the world lasts one more night 
My house is owned by China 
But the party is in sight 

CH: 

And the girls don’t care what you’re doing 
As long as you do it all night long 
And the girls will give it all to you  
If you play their favorite song 
And just 
Be man 
Keep it up and have a plan 
Make it jazzy if you can 
If your skin has a deeper tan 
play some Steely Dan 
The girls are tight
yeah the girls are tight
so be a man
and play some Steely Dan

All music and lyrics copyright 2023 by David Snyder 

David Snyder: Vocals, piano, bass, guitar, additional instrumentation, mixing, mastering

Steely Dan

EVERY ROAD
Words and music by
Torrey Bliss and Ron Helm
©2022 Glass Gate Music BMI

The sun lights up the morning
Takes away all the darkness of the night
And I know that You are still there with me
I sing Your praise way up to the sky
 
Sometimes I lose my way (While I'm singing my own song)
Then You speak to my heart ( then You speak to my heart)
And You show me where I've gone wrong

Every road I travel ( every road)
You've watched me on this journey(You came along)
You came along and turned my gray skies into blue

It's a long lonely highway (a lonely road)
When you're out there on your own
You know your headed the wrong direction
And on the wrong side of the road

You know I've lost my way (While I'm singing my own song)
Then You speak to my heart
And bring me back where I belong

Every road I travel ( every road)
You've watched me on this journey(You came along)
You came along and turned my gray skies into blue

Every road I travel ( every road)
You've watched me on this journey(You came along)
You came along and turned my gray skies into blue

Every road I travel ( every road)
You've watched me on this journey(You came along)
You came along and turned my gray skies into blue

Every Road

EVERY ROAD

Solitude is a ghost town
Of haunted nights and dreams
Of endless persecution
From my conscience judging me
Ranting like a madman
Unbridled in his rage
I’m a captive audience
Locked in my own cage

Throw me a rope I think I’m drowning
Can you hear my SOS
Can you give me absolution
If I kneel down and confess
Throw me a rope I’m drowning
Can you hear my SOS

Solitude is a ghost town
Of all that could have been
Of letters filled with love
That I wrote but never sent
Brooding like a poet
Struggling with his soul
I lie here in my coffin
While the dirt fills up the hole

I grip the bars and shake them
They rattle but barely budge
Is it my eternal damnation
To be the sinner and the judge

Lyrics:  Carroll Kiphen
Vocal and Music:  Dj Lekich

(c)2023 C. Kiphen/Dj Lekich

Instruments: Band in a Box
Vocals: SynthesizerV - Jun, Natalie

Blue Skies

I am so far out of my comfort zone on this one that if I was playing baseball I would be behind the left field fence!

I am playing the bass, rhythm, and lead guitars as well as trying to sing; my asthma and allergies let up for a day! I also played about half of the B3 track with Band-in-a-Box playing the balance of that track as well as the drum track.

Cellular Zombies

Verse
They are walking in our town like they're the only ones around
Their heads are always down like they're looking at the ground
Throughout our country they do roam
Heads down staring at their phone

Verse
They think it's really neat, they just sent 50 tweets
They walk into stop signs, some right into the street
Glassy eyed and walking blind
I'm not sure they have a mind

Chorus
They are Cellular Zombies
Addicted to their phones
Cellular Zombies
Even in groups they are alone

Verse
The pictures that they take are always free
Good thing because of the number of sellfies
Pictures of all the food they ate
Enough to make me regurgitate

Cellular Zombies

Just set back and let your mind wander.
I am playing the nylon string guitar and via my wind controller the Bansuri flute. Band-in-a-Box is playing the rest of the tracks.

Peacefull Feelings

Seems as I age I care so little for so much and so much for so little,  This song is about all the things I didn't do, all the accomplishments I didn't achieve.  Yet all the friends I've had and all the love I've known overshadows any regret.  

Dave Bell of Blue Atitude played guitar.  I played bass and sang.

I Knew What It's Like

A song about the one who got away in The Case Of The Mystery Vibes.

Mystery Vibes

It's Your Move

what do i do?
i've run out of words
nothing i can say
can undo the hurt
some lessons
only heartbreak can teach
some sins run deeper
than forgiveness can reach
but i'm reaching
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it all hangs in the balance
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can we still find the groove
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'll die without you
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but it's your move
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i can barely breathe
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my heart's stopped, too
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will you fall in or out, girl
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it's your move
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it's your move

i hit a rough patch
i wasn't thinking straight
i came to my senses
was it too late
i saw the damage
i know that's on me
i pray with all my being
it's not too late
i'm reaching
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it all hangs in the balance
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can we still find the groove
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i'll die without you
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but it's your move
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i can barely breathe
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;my heart's stopped, too
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will you fall in or out, girl
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it's your move
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it's your move

It's Your Move

I always moved, wind over stone
Rushing past the life I led
A boundless soul that yearned to roam
It was the open road I wed
And all the lovers that I’d known
Just chance diversions in my bed
A restless king without a throne
A feckless heart, a reckless head

So when I came into the storm
I lost my way at every turn
I saw the banks of thunder form
And the lightning flash and burn
I knew that who I needed most
Was the very one I spurned
Still she was there to be a friend
She kept me safe, she kept me warm

There’s strength in numbers
One’s not enough
Your world comes asunder
You’re going to need someone to love

And now I’m ever found
In a place I never thought I’d be
Passing time in this small town
Tied to friends and family
The only moving I do now’s 
Bouncing my son upon my knee
And if the world came crashing down
We’d be fine ‘cause we’d be three

There’s strength in numbers
One’s not enough
When the world pulls you under
You’re going to need someone to love

I never knew that it could feel so right
To be so bound and still so free

(c)2024 Dj Lekich

Strength In Numbers

David has been selected as one of the Best New Alternative Artists on ReverbNation. But, he has been writing too much music! If you go to David's Main Music Website or David's Soundcloud Hub you will see links to all of David's albums and other Soundcloud pages. At 300 songs per year, it is getting a little thick in these woods, but all the rabbit trails are below. David Snyder is an award-winning songwriter and North Carolina-based Independent Artist. He is a winner in the 2015 PG Music International Awards for Excellence in Composition, Production and Arrangement. He plays guitar, violin, bass, keyboards, mandolin, percussion and the radio. He is also a Regional Coordinator for the Nashville Songwriters Association and has numerous writing credits with a wide variety of recorded artists. He owns his own record label, Day of Faith Records and writes and records with many artists nationwide in almost all genres, including alternative, jazz, "new country," bluegrass, Americana, rock, psychedelic, soul, jazz, gospel, funk, fusion and electronica. He has been playing the guitar since the age of 12 and playing professionally since the age of 15. His fondest musical memory is having received some guitar tips from Chet Atkins after sneaking backstage at a concert when he was 15. His music has also been performed at the Julliard School and the Lincoln Center. David is classically trained but draws from a wide variety of influences in his music.

Steely Dan

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