A couple more pints and it all starts t make sense.  This is an amazing project and so well done.

BIG RIG
by David Snyder

V1

Well I got a call from Walgreens
said they've stolen all  our stuff
So I called up Joe  Biden 
and he said just build back better son
So I told Walgreens I'm  coming
and I'm driving my big  truck
All the the way from 
Ottawa to Chippewa
to bring grandma her drugs

CH

Big Rig she's a running
outrunning the law
driving straight through 
Canada on my way to  Chippewaw
Little Justin can't  find me
I would kick his ass if he did
he can put on a dress
maybe paint his face
but he never will drive a rig...
this big
outrunning the commies
and outrunning the law
on my way Chippewa

V2

Well I picked up a pretty hitchhiker
then she told me she was a man
I said that don't make no difference to me
if you can drive a rig with those hands
And we shared a bed near  the border
a few things I didn't understand
but we got a world to save now y'all
and we're driving to the promised land

CH

Big Rig she's a running
outrunning the law
driving straight through 
Canada on my way to 
Chippewaw
Little Justin can't find me
I would kick his ass if he did
he can put on a dress
maybe paint his face
but he never will drive a rig...
this big
outrunning the commies
and outrunning the law
on my way to Chippewa

Bridge

Well Freedom don't have no gender
Freedom has a better plan
Freedom looks like a rainbow
Freedom's all about takin' a stand
And if you're gonna cross 
the Ambassador Bridge 
one thing you should understand
sometimes it takes a man 
driving like a woman
or a woman driving like a 
man

CH

Big Rig she's a running
outrunning the law
driving straight through 
Canada on my way to Chippewaw
Little Justin he can't find me
I would kick his ass if he did
he can put on a dress
maybe paint his face
but he never will drive a rig...
this big
outrunning the commies
and outrunning the law
on my way to Chippewa


All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Guitar, Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Additional Instrumentation

Big Rig

NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
By David Snyder

V1

When you're walking down the street
and it feels like the devil
is living inside your head
the sky is dripping blood and tears
and it's the night of the living dead
oh yes it is

CH

When you hear the children crying
all the way from Pittsburgh to San Anton
and you hear the sound of the mother weeping
cause her babies can't come home
and hear the sound of screaming
like dirty, down home dying Mississippi delta blues
that ain't nothing but the sound
of a man
a man
with nothing left to lose y'all
nothing left to lose

V2

When you spent your
whole life sinning
never once did
something nice
aw naw you didn't
and you see everyone
on the network news
and they all look like the Antichrist
ah yeah they do

CH

When you hear the children crying
all the way from Pittsburgh to San Anton
and you hear the sound of the mother weeping
cause her babies can't come home
and hear some devil singing
just the dirty, down home dying Mississippi delta blues
that ain't nothing but the sound
of a man
a man
with nothing left to lose y'all
nothing left to lose

All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Guitars, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Additional Instrumentation

Nothing Left To Lose

THE SCOTTISH SONG
By David Snyder

Note: It was hard to make out what the drinking Scots were saying, but I did my best.

V1

Molly had a pint of beer
she took up in her croft??
and wee Seamus wore his hat
with more than lobster pots?

and 'er the lads from Shetland??
wore kilts with tiny spots
blessed lads would keep them hanging?????
but preachers they were not

CH

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot

V2

If Molly had the wee thing???
and it's hidden in her socks
then Seamus will take off his kilt???
and show his Scottish locks???
it might be the Loch Ness monster
that is creepin to the docks
but before the night is over
he'll be at Molly's croft???

CH

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot

V3

Bha peant lionn aig Molly
thog i air a chroit ??
agus chuir Seamus 'eudach air
le barrachd air poitean ghiomach?

CH

agus chan e dùthaich mhàthaireil a th’ ann an Èirinn??
agus Sasainn faodaidh e grodadh???
agus faodaidh tu falbh uair-eigin do Chanada ???
mas e Albannach eireachdail a th’ annad?
???

CH

Aye!

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot


All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

The Scottish Song

FOOLISH

By David Snyder

V1

You make me foolish
cause I keep believing
we could believe in this world again
you make me foolish
cause you got me dreaming
about falling in love again
and you make foolish
cause you got me thinking
that this whole world doesn't 
have to end
and you make me foolish
cause when I kiss you
I become a different man

CH

Oh you make me foolish
And you make me hopeful
and you make me wish upon a distant star
you make me foolish 
and that's just because
that's how beautiful you are

V2

You make me crazy
I'm hearing voices
And I'm dreaming about
a brand new start
x2 


CH

Oh you make me foolish
and you make me thankful
and you make me wish upon a distant star
and you make me foolish 
and that's just because
that's how beautiful you are
that’s how beautiful you are

All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

Foolish

JAMES TAYLOR SAYS
By David Snyder

V1

If James Taylor says
that's an A major 9
gonna be a walking man
down to Copperline
and if James Taylor says
the Berkshires are still shining
that's why I must be
Carolina Minding

CH

and if James Taylor says
you got to love everybody
then shower the people with love
and if James Taylor says it
it must be fine
and if James Taylor says it
must be an A Major 9

I say, oh no, no, no
I say oh yeah, yeah, yeah
yeah now people
let your people light shine




V2


If James Taylor says it
it must mean some rain
and if your house is fire, then
that must be fire and rain now
I said it down in Mexico
and I'll say it again
you got to love all the people
don't be causing no pain


CH

and if James Taylor says
you got to love everybody
then shower the people with love
and if James Taylor says it
it must be fine
and if James Taylor says it
must be an A Major 9

I say, oh no, no, no
I say oh yeah, yeah, yeah
yeah now people
let your people light shine

Bridge

And how can anybody
try to tell me I'm wrong
cause if James Taylor says it
It'll be a hit song

CH


and if James Taylor says
you got to love everybody
then shower the people will love
and if James Taylor says it
it must be fine
and if James Taylor says it
must be an A Major 9

I say, oh no, no, no , no
I say oh yeah, yeah, yeah
yeah now people
let your people light shine
let your people light shine


All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Guitar, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

James Taylor Says

KINGS AND QUEENS

By David Snyder

V1

I wish that I could take you back
to another place in time
perhaps we were just younger then
or in a different frame of mind
the skies were clear no sound of war
a world of reasons just to smile
and in your eyes the morning light
came sparkling for just a little while

CH

I wish I could
protect our hearts
from all the poison in these days
but until I can I'll just play our song
and we'll close our eyes
and sing along
and say a prayer
that it won't take long
before these kings and queens
are gone

V2

I wish that I could promise you
that things will not get worse
but sometimes it takes us all fighting back
to break this kind of curse
and I wish that I could hold you now
I need to feel your heart
the thing I hate the most about this place
is how much it tears us all apart


CH

I wish I could
protect our hearts
from all the poison in these days
but until I can I'll just play our song
and we'll close our eyes
and sing along
and say a prayer
that it won't long
before these kings and queens
are gone

All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Guitar, Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

Kings and Queens

GOODBYE FAWMING FRIENDS

By David Snyder

V1

Goodbye Fawming Friends
It's like I never met you at all
but in a way I never did
and I hope someday you'll call
call to say you wrote another song
and you just can't wait another year
so I will listen to you anyway
and I'll hear you loud and clear

CH

And I loved you Fawming friends
because your songs went on forever
and I mean that I really do
because your songs went on and on and on
but I would have liked to have known you
before I had to say so long
to all the friends I made
while learning how to Fawm

V2

But then you lit a candle
you lit a candle in the rain
and you know that wasn't very smart
in fact it was insane
but that's okay my Fawming friends
I'll still stand by you
no matter what you write 
I will stay true to you

CH

And I love you Fawming friends
because your songs went on forever
and I mean that I really do
because your songs went on and on and on
but I would have liked to have known you
before I had to say so long
to all the friends I made
while learning how to Fawm


Bridge

I never want you
to have to live like Rocket man
or a tiny dancer, living on the palm of someone's hand
or like Levon, flying a balloon
or like a Daniel, who flew away too soon, oh I can see his taillights flashing near the moon

CH

Goodbye Fawming friends
because your songs went on forever
and I mean that I really do
because your songs went on and on and on
but I would have liked to have known you
before I had to say so long
to all the friends I made
while learning how to FAWM
so long
so long
so long

All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

Goodbye Fawming Friends

Hey! FAWM 2022!  Write a Song a Day!  Everyone else does! Post like a madman! 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.

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