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1. |
The Walls
05:58
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The Walls
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2005
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
In the past I’ve been so hurt
Been conditioned to run away first
And I’m so scared to lose
This heart can’t take another bruise
It’s no use my friend
It always turns out the same in the end
What you don’t know CAN harm you
Ignorance is Bliss-torin'
V2:
My box of lucky charms was missing a purple horseshoe
I thought it had less to do with me and maybe more to do with you
I saw your pony keg wearing it downtown
I thought how fitting and then I took a good look around
In this ¾ of a dead horse town
Thick with barflies, oh how astounding
V3:
You sound so rich with the words you speak
They must be worth a lot of money, I mean at their peak
And I’m so glad that you have shared them with me
Silly, silly me, I thought nothing was for free
V4:
You look for inspiration in that same drunken jukebox
While your dandy lioness prances around with her ruby locks
Dancing in and out of your existence
The ghost with the most resistance
Chorus:
And the walls are crashing in. There they go again and again
Like the whole ocean. And the sun comes setting in
And the walls are crashing in. There they go again and again
Like the whole ocean. And the sun comes setting in
V5:
I’ll sit, I’ll sit…
I’ll sit cuz' I can’t stand those games you’re playing
It’s like final jeopardy, know what I’m saying?
Now the time has come to lock my doors and swallow the key
And I hate eating keys when I’m not even hungry
Chorus (x2):
And the walls are crashing in. There they go again and again
(And the sun comes setting in) Like the whole ocean. And the sun comes setting in
And the walls are crashing. Here they come again and again
Like the whole ocean. And the sun comes setting in and the...(whole ocean)
Instrumental
Walls are crashing. Here they come again and again
Like the whole ocean. And the sun comes setting in
Walls are crashing. Here they come again and again (again and again)
Like the whole ocean. And the sun comes setting in.
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Kung Fu Movie With Fuzzy Subtitles
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2008
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
You got mad when I didn’t want to go to the store to get groceries.
You said are you going or am I?
When you left you slammed the door
To get across your emotions
Chorus:
And I made you dinner
You said you weren’t hungry
Instead you said you needed your space, your space
Then you watched a kung-fu movie with fuzzy subtitles
V2:
When I start to do my thing that’s when you want me to come running
Like a puppet on a string.
You really know how to push my buttons
Like I have no feelings
Chorus:
And I made you dinner and
You said you weren’t hungry
Instead you said you needed your space, your space
Then you watched a kung-fu movie with fuzzy subtitles
V3:
It’s all about "do what I want, when I want it, do it my way, do it right now"
You didn’t ask what I wanted
Well my space has been crowded for some time now
It gets lost in translation
Chorus:
I made you dinner and
You said you weren’t hungry
Instead you said you needed your space, your space
Then you watched a kung-fu movie with fuzzy subtitles
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yeah Oooooooooooooooh
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3. |
Golden Fields
03:59
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Golden Fields
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2012
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
I’m begging your forgiveness
“Patron Saint of Dirt”
Wash my soul in untouched water
Soften all these shards of hurt
Chorus:
I’ll follow you to golden fields
Reminisce with innocence
My hands and lips are stained with knowledge
My heart won’t let me forget
V2:
I’ve been running on empty
I’ve been traveling treacherous roads on fumes
I’ve been praying for miracles
I’ve been too blind to see them come true
Chorus:
I’ll follow you to golden fields
Reminisce with innocence
My hands and lips are stained with knowledge
My heart won’t let me forget
V3:
You can cover the scars
If it’s the right color it makes it hard to see
You can stare at the stars
When you see that twinkle maybe you’ll think of me
Chorus:
I’ll follow you to golden fields
Reminisce with innocence
My hands and lips are stained with knowledge
My heart won’t let me forget
Instrumental / Interlude:
Wash over me, wash over me, wash over me, wash over me
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeheyhey
V4:
Let the rain fall down
And a stream of shame falls from my brow
Wash me clean now
I’m the one to blame but I’m still heaven bound
Chorus (x2):
I’ll follow you to golden fields
Reminisce with innocence
My hands and lips are stained with knowledge
My heart won’t let me forget
I’ll follow you to golden fields
Reminisce with innocence
My hands and lips are stained with knowledge
My heart won’t let me forget
Outro:
Let the rain fall down. Let the rain fall down.
Let the rain fall down. Let the rain fall down.
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4. |
Broken Wings
03:24
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Broken Wings
Words and music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2012
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
You won’t be flying high for awhile
You got things crampin’ your style
I know it’s hard laying low
But you’ve got nowhere to go
Chorus:
Broken Wings. I know there’s somewhere you’d rather be.
Broken Wings. The world will keep spinning around but you’ve got to slow down
When you have Broken Wings
Verse:
Your sweet sounds fill the air
My heart aches for you my dear
If I could take away your pain I would
I’d take it away for good
Chorus:
Broken Wings. I know there’s somewhere you’d rather be.
Broken Wings. The world will keep on spinning around but you’ve got to slow down
When you have Broken Wings
Bridge:
I will always be there for you even if you turn on yourself
I will always be loving you more than I have loved anyone else
Broken, Broken Wings
Broken, Broken Wings
I know there is somewhere you would rather be
This old world keeps spinning around we have to slow it down
When all we have now are Broken, Broken Wings
Broken, Broken Wings
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5. |
Sweet Sensation
03:25
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Sweet Sensation
Words by Amber Snider & Jeff Madnick
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2006
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
See the child in the sun
Watch her crawl, watch her run
See her smile ear to ear
Hesitation’s nowhere near
V2:
See the flower in the sun
Growing tall, smelled by everyone
See the thorns start to appear
As Sweet Sensation’s so near
Chorus:
Evolution, revolution, elevation, revelation
Evolution, revolution, Sweet Sensation
V3:
See the boy hair undone
Picks the flower shows everyone
Takes her away somewhere far
Keeps her alive in his jar
Chorus:
Evolution, revolution, elevation, revelation
Evolution, revolution, Sweet Sensation
Instrumental
V4:
Another season passes by
Another gift from the sky
As we make way for seeds to grow and shelter them from the snow
Chorus (x3):
Evolution, revolution, elevation, revelation
Evolution, revolution, elevation, revelation
Evolution, revolution, elevation, revelation
Evolution, revolution, Sweet Sensation
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6. |
Birds of a Feather
03:00
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Birds of a Feather
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2010
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
Birds of a feather they flock together
And I wanna flock with you forever and ever
Time slips away and I don’t know why
But I ain’t gonna sit around and cry
My my my my my my my my my
V2:
Well you lost that good thing baby
You lost that good thing now
You lost that good thing honey oh
You lost that good thing how
You lost that good thing baby
I’m gonna tell you how
Instrumental
V3:
It wasn’t even hunting season
There was no rhyme or reason
But you took that shotgun out
And you caught you a fowl
You plucked another bird
And lost a good thing now
Instrumental
V4:
Maybe one day you'll realize
Maybe one day, you’re gonna realize
And when that one day comes around I’ll be trying on another
When that one day comes around I’ll be trying on another
When that one day comes around I’ll be trying on another man for size… oh yeah.
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7. |
Yesterday's Love
04:27
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Yesterday’s Love
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2004
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
What happened to days gone passed?
Where people, not trucks, they were built to last?
Holding hands in the sun there were good times for everyone
Like covered wagons bound together
The kind of love that lasts forever
You be the hunter I’ll be the gatherer or the other way around it doesn’t really matter
We’ll share from the same platter
Chorus:
Sign on the dotted line. Don’t you worry none.
You’ll get half of mine, half of mine
V2:
All through the days of histories tale
When people stuck together through heaven and hell
Their words had meaning vows weren’t misleading
A vision of trust sent from above not to be swept under a rug
Cast aside and fueled by lies everybody wants that money prize
Chorus:
Sign on the dotted line. Don’t you worry; don’t you worry.
You’ll get half of mine, half of mine.
V3:
Yesterday’s Love, Yesterday’s Love
Yesterday’s Love, Yesterday’s Love
Yesterday’s Love, Yesterday’s Love was simple and strong
Today’s love’s got too many things wrong
Everybody wants a quick fix and the quick fix leads to destruction
V4:
Destruction of love destruction of trust the sacred unity is a bust
Cast aside fuel by lies everybody wants that money prize
Nothing left to do nothing left to say just pack those bags and call it a day
And sign, sign, sign, sign, sign away
Outro:
Half of nothing is still nothing.
I've got half a mind to tell you something.
You’ve got half a heart.
The other half is tearing us apart, now sign.
Yesterday’s love, Yesterday’s Love.
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8. |
I Want to Be Inspired
03:34
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I Want to Be Inspired
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2013
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
You can sing along even if you've never sung a song before
Just make the words your own you never know what's in store
Sometimes I wanna sing though I don't know what to say
Sometimes I wanna sing cause’ that's the way I pray
Chorus:
I want to be inspired. I want the passion that wakes me in the night.
I want to be inspired. I need strength and love to rule my life.
V2:
Floating day by day in a foggy haze of deadlines, red lights, lost rights center divides.
Floating day by day in a foggy haze of senseless, violence, homeless, riches.
Chorus (x2):
I want to be inspired. I want the passion that wakes me in the night.
I want to be inspired. I need strength and love to rule my life.
I want to be inspired. I want the passion that wakes me in the night.
I want to be inspired. I need strength and love to rule my life.
Bridge:
I want to show up, be present and accounted for.
Maybe even make a difference that goes beyond my front door.
But I get so caught up, I don't have the time.
It's easier to follow the rules and just stand in line.
Chorus (x3):
I want to be inspired. I want the passion that wakes me in the night.
I want to be inspired. I need strength and love to rule my life.
I want to be inspired. I want the passion that wakes me in the night.
I want to be inspired. I need strength and love to rule my life.
I want to be inspired. I want the passion that wakes me in the night.
I want to be inspired. I need strength and love to rule my life.
Outro:
I need strength and love to rule my life.
I need strength and love to rule my life.
I need strength and love to rule my life.
I need strength and love to rule my life.
I need strength and love to rule my life.
I need strength and love to rule my life.
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9. |
Free to Be Me
03:47
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Free To Be Me
Words and music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2003, 2010
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
I made a choice
It was the wrong one
Is it too late to change my mind?
Can this be easily undone?
People do it all the time
V2:
If only there were an easy answer
To this moral dilemma in my heart
But I know this would be much better
If I only knew where to start
Chorus:
I wanna be free, free to be me
I wanna see all of those possibilities
A new life has begun I wanna run, run, run, run, run
Still I don’t know what I am running from
V3:
I feel bound and broken, no one can save me
I must do this on my own
I’d rather be alone then to have you enslave me
I can feel it in my bones
Chorus:
I wanna be free, free to be me
I wanna see all of those possibilities
A new life has begun I wanna run, run, run, run, run
Still I don’t know what I am running from
Bridge:
Leaving you is like leaving a part of me behind
They say a broken heart can mend itself with time
Chorus:
I wanna be free, free to be me
I wanna see all of those possibilities
A new life has begun I wanna run, run, run, oh run
And still I don’t know what I am running from
Outro:
A new life is at hand, please understand
That I have to take a stand and be without you man
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10. |
Enlightened
03:49
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Enlightened
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©1999
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
The rain fell down over his head
He wiped his brow then turned to me and said
“Isn’t life grand?”
“Can't you see the gift that we have been given?”
V2:
I guess I couldn’t really see
The prison I walk around in was created by me
I don’t feel that free, I’m just so caught up in all this madness
I don’t know what I can do to alleviate my sadness
Chorus:
How can one person have so much and another have nothing?
What about death, disease and war? Is it all supposed to mean something? (Anything?)
V3:
I’ve suffered loss in my life
Been abandoned, deceived and lied to
Seems like everyone’s got something up their sleeve and I don’t know what to do
V4:
Ever relentlessly he took my hand (he took my hand)
Kissed my brow, looked into my eyes and said (he said)
“Try to understand, there’s so much we’ll never know” (we'll never know)
“Try to take everything as it comes and goes” (there's so much good)
“No one ever said it wouldn’t be hard” (never said)
“You must look at everything as being beautiful (beautiful, beautiful) even the scars”
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11. |
All I Need
04:08
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All I Need
Words and music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2011
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
V1:
A don’t make a lot of money but I do what I love
I’m true to myself and the Lord above
I’m a spirit traveler alone on this road
Trying to make my way through this world on my own
Chorus:
I don’t mind if all the world’s not mine
I have all I need staring right back at me
V2:
I have a lot of freedom, it was given to me
The cost buried in the ground with a cross for all to see
We are spirit travelers, we fight to stay alive
I’d ride these hills forever, with you by my side
Chorus:
I don’t mind if all the world’s not mine
I have all I need staring right back at me
Instrumental (eeeeeee)
V3::
Our time is almost over though our journey’s just begun
Lord, I pray we find our way into the morning sun
We may not have a lot but there’s nothing we lack
You can’t take it with you, you sure can’t bring it back
Chorus (x4):
I don’t mind if all the world’s not mine
I have all I need staring right back at me
I don’t mind if all the world’s not mine
I have all I need staring right back at me
I don’t mind (I don’t mind)
If all the world’s not mine (if all the world’s not mine)
I have all I need (have all I need) staring right back at me
I don’t mind (I don’t mind)
If all the world’s not mine (if all the world’s not mine)
I have all I need (have all I need) staring right back at me
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IMA Nominated Artist "Best Folk/Singer-songwriter Album"
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Amber creates universal, high-energy, fun, yet reflective life stories through acoustic-electric music.
Her unique brand of folk-rock, country & blues can be summed up in just one word: "Ambericana".
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