No more love songs, please.
No more kisses to put me at ease,
No more promises, please,
I am done ... please let me breathe.

No more false hope for me,
No more "you are my destiny",
No more plans ahead, for, you see,
I am done ... just let me be.

There were times I thought we would be
Stuck to each other for eternity,
In each other's arms we were meant to live
In this cruel world ... what a fantasy.

What happened to "you belong to me"?
What happened to our love, our dreams to be free?
What happened to the philosophy of the tree?
I do not know ... but it's long gone, you see.

No more love songs, please.
No more kisses to put me at ease,
No more promises, please,
I am done ... let me breathe.

No more false hope for me,
No more "you are my destiny",
No more plans ahead, for, you see,
I'd love you, still ... so just let me be.

No More Love Songs

I look around me now
And hear our children cry
I see them hurting so
And ask myself one question:

Why?

And prayers seem futile
If we can't find a way
To love one another
The same way,

every day ... and so I pray ...

Holy Mother, hear our plight
Holy Mother, stop the hate ...

They swim towards the shore
To run away from bitter
War

They get shot down in schools
Because we love our tools
More

Their cries we do not hear
Because we do not want
To see ...

But for a twist of Fate,
Their parent could be you ... or me ...

Holy Mother, hear our plight
Holy Mother, stop the hate ...

Ave Maria

***

(and more)

We're cutting down their trees
So that they cannot
Breathe

(and more)

We drug kids with a pill
Just to make them
Sit still

And as they wilt away
With every passing day
Who cares?

We send our thoughts and prayers
And carry on the same
Nightmares ...

Holy Mother, hear our plight
Holy Mother, stop the hate ...

Ave Maria (2023 mix)

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

Remember Me

LOVE WITHOUT PAROLE

By David Snyder

V1

Yesterday we were eighteen, I can smell that summer rain
I still miss your breathless kiss, and how your sweetness felt like pain
And yeah,  I remember you, and when I do, I feel in debt, but no regrets
So how come you're the thing that hurts me 
the most when I look back
why would a loving Universe make a heart that works like that   

CH

I think you own some part of me and I can't buy it back  
I'm a hostage to your memory, why did you do that
and there's some tiny hole inside my heart  where you will always be
and I'm doing love without parole, oh yeah 
And no one  knows but you
how much I loved you
and no one knows but you 
what love without parole has done 
to me 

V2

They say the man upstairs
Always has a plan
But the way he makes our hearts
I just don’t understand
One day the world is young
Next day the world is old
One day your heart’s on fire
Next day it’s all gone cold

CH

I think you own some part of me and I can't buy it back  
I'm a hostage to your memory, why did you do that
and there's some tiny hole inside my heart  where you will always be
and I'm doing love without parole, oh yeah 
And no one  knows but you
how much I loved you
and no one knows but you 
what love without parole has done 
to me 
to me,  oh oh  
this love without parole 
this love without parole
is killing me 

All words and music copyright 2024 by David Snyder

David Snyder: Vocals, instrumentation, arrangement, production, mixing and mastering

LOVE WITHOUT PAROLE

Our 'epic' re-recording of the original guitar and voice track 'Sweet Poverty' It's about the workhouse; the last refuge of the very poor in Victorian England.
BIAB Style: Breathe
Bass: 3121 Acoustic Bass
String Quartet: 2334
Drums: Blues Rock
Guitar 1. : 362 Ac. Strum
Guitar 2: 1814 Ac Fingerpick
Piano: 1006 Solo-Accomp
Violin: 2338
Live
Vocals
Acoustic Guitar (PRS Tonare Acoustic)
Flute: Trevor Jones Performer
Electric Bass

Sweet Poverty - Extended Version

Sweet Poverty

The epic tale of The Rider who rides into town to avenge all the wrongs that have gone unpunished.
If that's a bit over-the-top for you, just think Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter!

Sweet Poverty

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