Waltz-Fantasie

In 1992 while staying in the worst motel ever. I was playing my guitar when a homeless man started digging through a dumpster that was right outside my window. I wrote this song in about an hour. Over the years I have changed a lyric or two, otherwise this is the song I wrote that day. I never recorded it because I didn't think there was a market for it and I still don't, but it seems it was now or never.

No One Ever Knows

David Snyder plays the Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement) on his handcrafted Ramirez classical guitar, with light strings and held piano

David Snyder: Classical Guitar, arrangement, recording, production, mastering. Thanks to PG Music for the beautiful intelligent accompaniment backing tracks with live musicians.

And thanks to Beethoven for the piece and those 37 chords in a 70 measure song. Right on Maestro.

MOONLIGHT SONATA

Sunrise on the mountain
With you at my side
We danced in the constellations
We glittered the sky
I can't go back 
I can't go back

I wouldn’t ask you to wait for me
Or look for a sign from above
Keep your memories under lock and key
But don’t forget that we once loved

High tide on the ocean
Salted kiss in the breeze
‘tween the shore and the sunset
I sank to my knees
I can't go back 
I can't go back

I wouldn’t ask you to wait for me
Or look for a sign from above
Keep your memories under lock and key
But don’t forget that we once loved

I followed you into the night
Like the Cranberries’ song “Linger”
You had me wrapped around your finger
Waking up to the scattered light
From a foggy outdoor slumber.
We sang our song of summer

I wouldn’t ask you to wait for me
Or look for a sign from above
Keep your memories under lock and key
But don’t forget that we once loved

Song of Summer

Song Of Summer

A jazzy Blues inspired by a visit to New Orleans and a hole in the wall restaurant where the dish of the day was a delicious spicy Andouille Sausage concoction.
 Music & Lyrics: Nigel Spiers
Vocals: Nigel Spiers
Bass: Neil Swainson
Drums: Shawn Soucy
Piano: John Jarvis
Sax: Gary Smulyan

Ooh Ya Ya

Lyrics: R.W. Davis
Vocals, BGV arrangement: D.A. Hughes

Crystal Lake (In the Rearview)

I'm sorry, little child,
They cannot help you, tonight.
Their loved one awaits them, see,
With kisses and soft promises.
I'm sorry, little child,
They cannot help you, tonight.

I'm sorry, little child,
They cannot help you, tonight.
They say they have too much to bear,
You live too far away for them to truly care.
I'm sorry, little child,
They cannot help you, tonight.

I'm sorry, little child,
I cannot help you, tonight.
They've put the fear of God in me,
So that I may not speak up, you see.
I'm sorry, little child,
I cannot help you, tonight.

I'm sorry, little child,
I cannot help you, tonight.
I'm scared of what they'll say,
And, even if I raise my voice, it may all be in vain.
I'm sorry, little child,
I cannot help you, tonight.

I'm sorry, little child,
I cannot help you, tonight.
For, even if I somehow took a stand,
They'd just make me join you, ten feet under the ground.
I'm sorry, little child,
We cannot help you, tonight.

I'm Sorry, Little Child

LOVE AT LAST

By David Snyder


V1

I hope you’ll always know that
dreams can last forever 
Cause I've been waiting all my life for
us to be together

You make me sing
Amazing Grace
And you let me know that God
Is in this place

And heaven 
has finally made its case
and heaven 
has finally made its case 


CH

And love, at last I see your face
And love, at last I see your face
And love, at last I see your face
Your face

V2

So I hope you'll always know that
I will feel this way forever
Cause I have seen the other world and
I know your world is better

You make me sing
Amazing Grace
And you let me know that God
Is in this place

And heaven
I have felt your soft embrace  
And heaven
I have felt your soft embrace

CH

And love, at last I see your face
And love, at last I see your face
And love, at last I see your face
Your face


All music and lyrics copyright David Snyder, 2001

David Snyder: Vocals, Classical Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Additional Instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering and Production

LOVE AT LAST

On my way to Reno
One last chance to make my future shine
Every desperate man’s casino
Gonna put it all on black this time
Still I’m thinking about a girl back in Soho
How love back then was precious and
As pure as Christmas snow
And I wonder if there’s something 
More to life than letting go
I guess it’s just one thing I’ll never know

Living lies is easy
As long as you forget the truths you know
I’ve always tried to please me
I expect that’s why I’m always so alone
So many times I’ve tried to change my ways
By now you’d think I’d learned the reasons 
why my heart still strays
And I wonder if the wisdom that
It takes for me to grow
Is just another thing I’ll never know

Stranded on the roadside in the rain
I throw my hat and kick my truck
Just ten more miles to go, but two flat tires
Just one spare …. curse my luck
And I wonder why it’s always gotta be
Like I’m stuck amid a war of gods
And fate’s my enemy
I just never seem to get me 
To the place I need to go
Am I my own worst friend or my best foe
Well, I guess I’ll never know 

(c)2024 C. Devienne/Dj Lekich

Lyrics:  Dj Lekich
Music:  Christian Devienne

Things I'll Never Know

Hi Folks,

Here is my version of the Jazz Standard "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
Recorded by just about every Jazz and R&B artist in the last 100 years including: Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, James Booker, Count Basie,  Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Doris Day, Brenda Lee, Frankie Laine, Keely Smith, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson and Rod Stewart to name just a few.

Featuring:
Vocals and arrangement - Nigel Spiers
Bass: Neil Swainson
Piano - Miles Black
Drums - Craig Scott
Guitar - Oliver Gannon
Sax - P.J. Perry

I'm Sorry, Little Child

James Delsono

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