I found this song in a shoe box and redid it in BIAB. I wrote it in my freshman year of college when I came out of a swamp and a country road to find that things were not what they seemed and a lot of people of “privilege” seemed to have a kind of misery that no amount of mashed potatoes or biscuits and gravy could cure.
My band at this time was called Blue Babylon or something cheesy like that. My first girlfriend that year told me I was an "18 year old kid with the heart of an 80 year old Memphis blues man." Things got really interesting after that.
https://soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel/and-the-river-criesAnd the River Cries
By David Snyder
V1
You’ve got so many
sad-eyed friends
who don’t where your troubles start
or where they end
don’t nobody here really laugh anymore
It’s a different kind of laugh
Comes behind the closet door
And here your untrained actors
learn to laugh and cry
and here your shooting stars
their infant voices try
CH:
and here the water comes
and the river rises
here the water comes and the river rise
yeah here the water comes
and the river rises
and oh, oh, oh, the river cries
V2
well it rains down
on this city
like it rains down in my heart
and there’s a darkness in your love
that tears my soul apart
I wish that I could tell you
that love’s the only cure
but there’s only so much love
some people can endure
CH
and here the water comes
and the river rises
here the water comes and the river rise
yeah here the water comes
and the river rises
and oh, oh, oh, the river cries
and oh, oh, oh, the river cries
SOLO
CH:
And here the water comes
and the river rises
here the water comes and the river rise
yeah here the water comes
and the river rises
and oh, oh, oh, the river cries
and oh, oh, oh, the river cries
Outro
Lyrics and music by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith, new version copyright 2018
Written and performed by David Snyder
TRACKS
I started with the Fallen Style from Xtra Styles Pak 2 (Rock) but added my own acoustic, electric rhythm guitars, and lead.
The lead guitar is a Strat, obviously. There is a Brent soloist in this style that is cool but I chose to do my own.
Style is _FALLEN.STY (Fallen Emotional Rock Ballad)
RealTracks in style: 1036:Bass, Electric, NorthernRockBallad Ev 065
RealTracks in style: 806:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm DrivingCountryBalladDirty Ev 065
RealTracks in style: 1598:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Pop16thsGritty Ev16 065
RealTracks in style: 1596:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Pop16ths Ev16 065
RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven16^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride
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