THE ONE WHO SET US FREE

V1

We all need
Someone to believe in
We all need someone we can trust
We all need someone to hold onto
When the world outside turns to rust

CH

But I don’t put my trust in
Anyone on this earth
Because most folks down here
Are just too much like me
So I only put my hope in
Only put my faith in
The one who set us free

V2

We all need someone we can count on
When we can barely climb the stairs
We all need someone to defend us to the end
When no one else even seems to care

CH

But I don’t put my trust in
Anyone on this earth
Because most folks down here
Are just too much like me
So I only put my hope in
Only put my faith in
The one who set us free

Bridge

So even when my heart’s completely shattered 
I’ll just keep knocking on heaven’s door

CH

And I don’t put my trust in
Anyone on this earth
Because most folks down here
Are just too much like me
So I only put my hope in
Only put my faith in
The one who set us free

All music and lyrics copyright 2024 by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Vocals, Guitars, Additional instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering, Production and Engineering

THE ONE WHO SET US FREE

Alaska


V

Well I'm going to get on down the road 
We're I'll end up nobody knows 
Where I'm going the grass don't grow
Just a wilderness of ice and snow 

Ch

Going to Alaska y'all that ain’t no joke
Moving to Alaska now because I'm going broke 
I’m guilty as charged your honor
So I admit that I ain’t woke
Have fun, gotta run, back at ya
Cause I’m movin’ to Alaska
 hell yeah

V

Going to move in with the Eskimos 
Going to smoke my pipe where there are no roads 
Going to find out what the wise man knows 
Going to ask him where that wind does blow

Ch

Going to Alaska y'all that ain’t no joke
Moving to Alaska now because I'm going broke 
I’m guilty as charged your honor
So I admit that I ain’t woke
Have fun, gotta run back at ya
Cause I’m movin’ to Alaska
hell yeah

Instrumental


Bridge

Please don't ask me 
Why I'm leaving town 
It's just a stupid question 
All around 
Cause I’m goin’ where I can’t be found
Oh hell yeah now 

Ch

Going to Alaska y'all that ain’t no joke
Moving to Alaska now because I'm going broke 
I’m guilty as charged your honor
So I admit that I ain’t woke
Have fun, gotta run back at ya
Cause I’m movin’ to Alaska hell yeah


Words and Music Copyright David Snyder 2024
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records


David Snyder:  Lead Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Lead Guitar, Additional Instrumentation, Arrangement, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering

ALASKA

STAIRWAY TO SOMEWHERE


V1

I can see my with Druid eyes
That the green trees have not died
In the dark forests of old
In the Dragon’s Shire

And a new day will soon belong 
For those whose hearts still sing the song 
As they swim in the silver stream
Of believing

And the oceans will dream 
Of a new world not seen 
But reveals everything 
We are thinking

OH…

Ch 1

So we’re searching the mist
For what is left there
And we’re dreaming of a stairway 
to somewhere

V2

And we will meet at the June fair 
In the sixth month of May 
Though it makes sense to say 
This has no meaning 

But the jester will play
And the druids will pray 
And the maids will give theirs 
For the milking

In the mists of Avalon 
The angel fairies sing a new song 
And they say that the evening 
Is dawning 

OH



V3

And the sky is upside down 
And the queen wears the crown 
Of the king who gave his 
To the jester 

OH

V4

So a bright light will surely shine 
On the road to the Wizard’s shrine
Where the princess gives birth 
To the morning 

And  then a new day will come 
To those who come from 
That dark castle we knew 
Before forgetting 

OH

SOLO


CH

Ch 1

So we’re searching the mist
For what is left there
And we’re dreaming of a stairway 
to somewhere

So we’re searching the mist
For what is left there
And we’re dreaming of a stairway 
to somewhere

dreaming of a stairway 
to somewhere





All music and lyrics copyright 2024 by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Vocals, Guitars, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Lead Guitar, Lead Guitar Solo, Orchestration,  Additional instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering, Production and Engineering

STAIRWAY TO SOMEWHERE

OUR JERUSALEM
By Gayle and David Snyder

V1. In this kind of world we have
It's hard to tell who is your friend
But everybody knows they have
Something precious to defend

Pre-Ch You guard it with your faith and fight
When you must guard it with your hands

And in their heart everybody knows
This ancient story, this sacred hymn
God make us brave and help us save what we love (cause)
It's our Jerusalem

V2. It might be the name of God
It might be your family
So you will fight or you will die
For this most precious thing you see

Pre-Ch. You guard it with your heart all night
Just like it was your promised land

And in their heart everybody knows
This ancient story, this sacred hymn
God make us brave God help us save what we love (cause)
It's our Jerusalem

Br  You gotta guard your heart, you gotta guard the things you love
You gotta plant your flag, you gotta claim your promised land
You gotta take a stand, stand and fight for what you dream
You gotta guard your heart, you gotta plant your flag
You gotta fight, 'till you hold it in your hand

Pre-CH You guard it with your heart all night
Just like it was your promised land

CH And in their heart everybody knows
This ancient story, this sacred hymn
God make us brave God help us save what we love (cause)
It's our Jerusalem

Words and Music by Gayle and David Snyder, copyright 2024. All rights reserved. ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Production, Engineering, Instrumentation, Mixing and Mastering


OUR JERUSALEM

Army of Janes

By David Snyder

V1

I don’t really like to hang out with men
Cause all they want to do is pretend
Mostly they just drive me insane
Cause all they wanna do is complain
I'm kinda getting sick of their games
I've said it before and I will say it again

CH

I love women!
Marys and Janes
Tabitha, Rose Lopez and Sue Chang
I love women, and I’m not ashamed
I got an army
I got an army
I got an army, oh yeah
I got an army of Janes


V2 

I know I'm right, you have your own self to blame
Without the ladies you will always  be lame
If you forget you have to stay in your lane
you know the women gonna put you to shame
You're never gonna be the King of the Hill
Cause you know that my ladies they are the real deal


CH

I love women!
Marys and Janes
Tabitha, Rose Lopez and Sue Chang
I love women, and I’m not ashamed
I got an army
I got an army
I got an army, oh yeah
I got an army of Janes

Bridge

And with my ladies
I’ll take over the world
Listen to me
I thank God he made girls!
Not ashamed, not ashamed, not ashamed, no no!

CH

I love women!
Marys and Janes
Like Tabitha, Rose Lopez and Sue Chang
I love women, and I’m not ashamed
I got an army
I got an army
I got an army, oh yeah
I got an army of Janes


All music and lyrics copyright 2025 by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Synthesizers, Additional instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering, Production and Engineering

ARMY OF JANES

JERSEY VALENTINE 

 
By David Snyder 
 
 
V1 

 
She works at the Denny's  
I work at the Exxon 
But she still comes home 
Greasier than me 
She passes out and cries in her sleep 
But I can hear what she’s saying  
She’s saying still wants that wedding ring 

CH 


And I just wish 
She could leave the bar
Just one night before closing time 
And I wish that we could sober up 
And leave out pasts behind 
Cause she's all that I've got  
And she's all that I'm not  
And she is still 
My Jersey Valentine  
 
V2  

 On this boulevard of broken dreams 
We don’t stand a chance 
And I wish that I could wake her up 
Just to have that one last dance 
But this life it makes us crippled 
So that we can hardly walk 
And I tried to go to confession 
But I couldn’t even talk 

CH 
 
And I just wish she 
Could leave bar 
One night before closing time 
And I wish that we could sober up 
And leave out pasts behind 
Cause she's all that I've got  
And she's all that I'm not  
And she is still 
My Jersey Valentine 
My Jersey Valentine

All music and lyrics copyright 2025 by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records 

David Snyder: Vocals, Piano, Strings, additional instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering, Production and Engineering

JERSEY VALENTINE

Just nothing but a Telecaster and a blowtorch.

Instrumental music by David Snyder. Copyright 2025, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: David Snyder: Telecaster and an Amp. Additional instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering, Production and Engineering


FIRE DOWN BELOW

ATHENA

by David Snyder, guitar

Just a 50s standard model Les Paul with a little bit of fuzz and analog compression.  The rest is body tone and fingers.

Instrumental music by David Snyder. Copyright 2025, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: David Snyder: Telecaster and an Amp. Additional instrumentation, Mixing, Mastering, Production and Engineering

ATHENA

All music copyright David Snyder, 2025. ASCAP/Day of Faith Records/New Fresh Beats

David Snyder: Piano, guitar, synths and string, mixing mastering production. Produced using BandLab, the Bandlab Phone App, Cakewalk by Bandlab and BIAB


NIGHT ON THE BEACH

OUT OF TOUCH 
By David Snyder 
 
V1 
 
I’m wanna fly but I’m stuck on the ground 
Pushing through the crowd I don't make a sound 
Music in my head that I can’t hear 
Dreams I wanna see but they’re not very clear 
Standing right here nothing in my hands 
Who said this was the promised land 
 
CH 
 
When everything I want 
Everything I need 
Seems so out of reach  
And why do I feel  
So unreal 
Like every emotion 
I have to steal 
Penny for your thoughts 
I don’t ask much 
Just tell me why 
I feel so out of touch 
 
 
V2 
 
I want to run but I'm stuck at the door 
Punching at this wall like I’ve done before 
Lies in my head that won't go away  
I'm trying to talk but I’ve nothing to say 
Screaming for you but it's just too late 
Who in the world could live this way 
 
CH 
 
When everything I want 
Everything I need 
Seems so out of reach  
And why do I feel  
So unreal 
Like every emotion 
I have to steal 
Penny for your thoughts 
I don’t ask much 
Just tell me why 
I feel so out of touch 
 
Bridge: 
 
Maybe I was born after my time 
I don’t see any mountains that I want to climb 
I’m not afraid of losing my soul 
But baby, I don’t want to lose my mind 
No please don’t make me lose my mind 
 
CH 
 
Cause everything I want 
Everything I need 
Seems so out of reach  
And why do I feel  
So unreal 
Like every emotion 
I have to steal 
Penny for your thoughts 
I don’t ask much 
Just tell me why 
Just tell me why 
I feel so out of touch 
 


Music and Lyrics and music copyright 2025 by David Snyder , ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Guitars, Vocals, Synths, Production, Mastering

OUT OF TOUCH

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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