CAN’T TAKE ME BACK
By Rachel Cintula and David Snyder


V1

Life moved past the one horse in this town
Stoplights are the only thing slowing people down
Highway goes through where the county fair used to be
And many folks have passed on who I’d like to see
The coach I knew retired from teaching in the game
A lot of folks don’t even know me by my family name

CH

See, it don’t matter which way I go
Highways or low ways, or the beaten paths I know
Gravel or pavement
Or  a rough dirt track
These country roads can take me home
But man, they just can’t take me back

V2

Been told I’ve changed by folks I once called friends
I guess I have from the far off places that I’ve been
Like all these old fields my life’s become over grown
And I‘m thankful when I get to my back to mama’s home
Where things were simple and  I was my daddy’s son
And I could rest without worry when the day was done

CH

See, it don’t matter which way I go
Highways or low ways, those memories are gold
Gravel or pavement
Or a rough dirt track
These country roads can take me home
But man, they just can’t take me back

BR

If I knew then 
what I now feel
I would have lived more in the present
Livin’ moments time can’t steal


CH

Cause it doesn’t matter
which way I go
highways or low ways
my heart knows one sad fact
Gravel or pavement
Or a rough dirt track
These country roads can take me home
But man, they can never take me back
never take me back


All music and lyrics by Rachel Cintula and David Snyder, ASCAP
Copyright 2023

David Snyder: Guitar, Vocals, Arrangement, additional instrumentation, mixing and mastering

CAN'T TAKE ME BACK

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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