Hey Y’all,
https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4/woodstockI have been traveling for a month and know it is time to get caught up on the forum. Sorry about that! I am working on it!!
Here is a new song, and a few words of intro.
I stayed with my brother when I was in upstate New York and we talked a lot about the sorry state of the world. Then we decided to go over to the “Woodstock farm” where the show went down in 1969. We met some folks who were reuniting there that day, and had not been there since they were on the front row at the concert. It was trippy.
Anyway, I felt this supernatural presence all around, and I wrote this song in my head while I was climbing back up in the hill in the rain. Yes, it started raining. Like a movie.
I recorded the vocals recently with a VERY WICKED COLD and so it is ragged and raspy, but I decided to leave it that way, because it has Joe Cocker type vibe going on. It matches the song. (My voice won’t be back fully until about a week anyway, even if I do decide to re-record it.)
I am playing the piano and the guitar. My favorite part is the little piano riff that kicks it off at the beginning. Hope you like it.
WOODSTOCK
(Who Will Bring Back the Rain)
By David Snyder
https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4/woodstockWOODSTOCK
(Who’ll Bring Back the Rain)
By David Snyder
V1
I was staying at my brother’s place
Saw a look of sadness on his face
Asked him what was up the road
He said let’s go down to Woodstock Farm
It might rain but it won’t do no harm
And maybe my mood will change
Took a forty-five minute drive
Clouds got dark when we arrived
Just like it did back in 1969
Saw the meadow where it all went down
patch of gravel on the ground
Somebody has to write a song
Bring back the world where we belong
CH
And who will bring back the rain
I gotta know
Who will wash away this shame, and the pain
V2
A lot of things were better then
Folks sang for real with no pretend
It all came straight out of the heart
Janis sang with all her soul
No one was bought no one was sold
And Jimi, he just scorched the skies above
I hated leaving and going home
I felt like crying, so alone
Cause people, I just can’t take this pain
Living in a world like this
Middle fingers, loaded fists
And constant guilt and hate and lies and shame
So I say
CH
Who will bring back the rain
I gotta know
Who will wash away this shame
BRIDGE
And I don’t care what you say
You know that we’ve seen better days
And you know what we have to do
You need me and I need you
CH 3
Who will bring back the rain
Make us pure, make us clean
Cleanse us now and bring a change
Make us love and make us sing
Give us hope and joy again
Who will bring back
the rain
and end this pain
All words and music by David Snyder, copyright 2023
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records
David Snyder: Abbey Road Grand Piano, Fender Guitars, Vocals, Mixing, Mastering Production, Additional Instrumentation
RealTracks in style: 1759:Bass, Electric, Pop16ths Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 1761:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Pop16ths Ev16 085
RealDrums in style:Americana Drums and Shaker [Multi]
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