So, for the last week of FAWM (February Album Writing Month) I did something VERY experimental. I think this is the most simple, and yet most musically complex song I have ever written, and BIAB was definitely a co-pilot and not a “tool” on this one.

Notes and Real tracks below lyrics:

https://soundcloud.com/davidsnyderfawm2022/kings-and-queens

For James Taylor fans:

https://soundcloud.com/davidsnyderfawm2022/james-taylor-says

https://soundcloud.com/davidsnyderfawm2022

The song goes from a verse in A to a chorus in Em and back again. Not quite sure where this came from but I have been learning the hard version of Moonlight Sonata on guitar (more than 50 chord movements as far as I can tell, so far) so that might have something to do with it. It also might have some Beatles type stuff going on, not sure.

Anyway, here it is and the others I have done are all in the channel.

For my last one I think I might do something called “Goodbye Fawming Friends” which will be an ode to Elton John.



KINGS AND QUEENS

By David Snyder

V1

I wish that I could take you back
to another place in time
perhaps we were just younger then
or in a different frame of mind
the skies were clear no sound of war
a world of reasons just to smile
and in your eyes the morning light
came sparkling for just a little while

CH

I wish I could
protect our hearts
from all the poison in these days
but until I can I'll just play our song
and we'll close our eyes
and sing along
and say a prayer
that it won't take long
before these kings and queens
are gone

V2

I wish that I could promise you
that things will not get worse
but sometimes it takes us all fighting back
to break this kind of curse
and I wish that I could hold you now
I need to feel your heart
the thing I hate the most about this place
is how much it tears us all apart


CH

I wish I could
protect our hearts
from all the poison in these days
but until I can I'll just play our song
and we'll close our eyes
and sing along
and say a prayer
that it won't long
before these kings and queens
are gone

All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Guitar, Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation


David Snyder: Electric Guitar 2

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