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1. |
Can’t Have Just One
03:39
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Can’t Have Just One
Words & Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music ©2016 ASCAP
Chorus:
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one of anything
Vs 1:
Mama said better watch your fun
Boy, it’ll catch up with you (ooooh)
Try to have some balance
No matter what you do (ooooh)
Chorus:
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one of anything
Vs 2:
You got your money
Got your drugs
Got your lovers
Got your Frit-o-lays
You got yourself working too hard and your lazy days
Chorus:
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one of anything
Instrumental
Bridge:
How can you tell when enough is enough?
When do you know when you’ve had too much?
You’re sitting pretty while your world is spinning
You end up losing what you thought you were winning
Now you
Chorus:
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one
Can’t have just one of anything
Verse:
Mama said better watch your fun
It’ll catch up with you (ooooh)
Try to have some balance no matter what you do (ooooh)
Listen up, my child or you are gonna have to pay (aaaaay)
Cuz if you Can’t Have Just One there will come a day (aaaaay)
Where there will be nothing left to say, to say, to saaaay
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2. |
Full Bloom
02:44
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Full Bloom
Words & Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music ©2011 ASCAP
Vs 1:
Maybe I can do better
Maybe you can too
Maybe we can find good weather
Somewhere the skies are blue
Pre-Chorus:
Maybe I could be more of what you bargained for
Maybe you could be just how you want to be... Maybe
Chorus:
All I ask for is one million kisses
All I need is my garden seeded
When the sun comes up all shining and new
Our love will be in full bloom
Vs 2:
Maybe we have entered
The dead of winter
Maybe our ships passing
Won’t be everlasting
Pre-Chorus:
Maybe I could be more of what you bargained for
Maybe you could be just how you want to be... Maybe
Chorus:
All I ask for is one million kisses
All I need is my garden seeded
When the sun comes up all shining and new
Our love will be in full bloom
Instrumental
Chorus:
All I ask for is one million kisses
All I need is my garden seeded
When the sun comes up all shining and new
Our love will be in full bloom
Our love will be in full bloom
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3. |
True Up
04:11
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True Up
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music, ASCAP ©2011
Vs 1:
I'm waiting on you to make up your mind.
I won't wait too long honey, you know I'm the loving kind.
It's time for you to get real about what you want.
It's time to true up, baby, before we lose what we've got.
Pre-Chorus:
Say you will, lay it down, on the line, now's the time.
Chorus:
True Up (just keep it real) True Up (tell me how you feel)
True Up (don't waste my time) True Up (messing with my mind).
Vs 2:
Say you will lay your cards on the table
Cuz‘ I'm right here honey and I'm willing and able.
You say you don't know what you want well if you don't then who does?
I don't have enough love for the both of us.
Pre-Chorus:
Say you will, lay it down, on the line, now's the time.
Chorus:
True Up (just keep it real) True Up (tell me how you feel)
True Up (don't waste my time) True Up (messing with my mind).
Instrumental
Vs 3:
I'm feeling sick. I need to take better care of myself.
All this worrying about you now there's none of me left.
Maybe you will, maybe you won't honey I don't really care.
Ya’ know I might always love you but I won't always be there.
Pre-Chorus:
Say you will, lay it down, on the line, now's the time.
Chorus (x2):
True Up (just keep it real) True Up (tell me how you feel)
True Up (don't waste my time) True Up (messing with my mind).
Tag
Before I'm gone.
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4. |
Carnations
03:50
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Carnations
Words and Music by Amber Snider 2006,
ASCAP Puddle Siren Music Publishing | www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs 1:
It was late February, when she told you she was moving on
She was missing history and felt that she was living wrong
Pre-Chorus:
So you drink her in. You drink her in.
You drink her in like…
Chorus:
Carnations drink color. Like carnations drink color.
Vs 2:
Her eyes dance moonlit miles.
She pulls you in you want to cry.
You'll always remember her till your dying day.
No one's ever made you feel this way
Pre-Chorus:
So you drink her in. You drink her in.
You drink her in like…
Chorus:
Carnations drink color. Like carnations drink color.
Instrumental
Interlude:
(You drink her) like water (like water)
You drink her (You drink her) like water (like wahahahah) ooooh
(You drink her) like water (like water) you need her
(You drink her) like water (like wahahahah) ooooh
Bridge:
Now you know what it is
This hell & happiness
Wrapped in a moment like this
That will stay with you forever... like...
Chorus:
Carnations drink color like
Carnations drink color like
Carnations drink color like
Carnations drink color
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5. |
Almost Empty
02:39
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Almost Empty
Words and Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2016
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs. 1:
She says “sell yourself to the highest bidder.”
Her eyes are cold, she seems old and bitter.
She says, “it’s been a long ride…” she looks down at her coffee.
She still can’t decide what she will do.
Her cup is almost empty; she’s had lovers a plenty.
Vs. 2:
But none of them ever mattered to her.
All they ever gave her were diamonds and furs.
She says, “you know, it didn’t always used to be like this.
I used to think love did exist. I thought magic was in a kiss.
Vs. 3:
But now my heart’s been locked up in a box.
I never considered the cost, didn’t think I’d ever get this lost.
I was just trying so hard to get ahead. I didn’t listen to what mama said.
She said follow your heart instead.
Instrumental
Vs. 4:
But now her heart’s been locked up in a box.
She never considered the cost. She didn’t think she’d ever get that lost.
She was just trying so hard to get ahead. She didn’t listen to what mama said.
She said follow your heart instead.
Instrumental
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6. |
Guiding Light
03:24
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Guiding Light - Real Chords
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2016
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs 1:
I can still see the love in your eyes
Though your body was worn and your faith nearly gone
I can still feel the love in your heart
Though your health was not the same, your inner strength remained
Chorus:
You were always the one we could turn to
Whenever we needed a friend
It was you who were strong enough for everyone
You were our guiding light, you put up the fight all the way till the end
Vs 2:
I found this letter I started to write
Though it hurt too much to finish at the time
But now that it’s over I am writing it again
A long lost letter to a dear old friend.
Chorus:
You were always the one we could turn to
Whenever we needed a friend
It was you who were strong enough for everyone
You were our guiding light, you put up the fight all the way till the end
Vs 2:
There was too much darkness to see clear
I was swimming in an [Bbm]oce[Eb]an of helpless fear
I hope you understood the words I could not say before
There was too much pain camping out on my front porch
Chorus (x2):
You were always the one we could turn to
Whenever we needed a friend
It was you who were strong enough for everyone
You were our guiding light, you put up the fight all the way till the end
Tag:
You were our guiding light, you put up the fight all the way till the end
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7. |
Hold On
04:59
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Hold On
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2016
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs. 1:
Ease out, ease in.
End then, begin again.
Chorus:
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, to love.
Vs 2:
Time heals, spun wheels.
Light fades to yesterdays.
Chorus:
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, to love.
Vs 3:
Rain washes away pain.
Chorus:
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, to love.
Outro:
Hold on, hold on, hold on, to love.
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8. |
The Beat Goes Bad
02:49
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The Beat Goes Bad
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2013
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs 1:
We placed our bets on half-smoked cigarettes
Put all our eggs in one basket
Then it exploded in our faces
We worked so hard to follow the plan
Chorus:
We tap our toes to the beat
Even when the beat goes bad
We tally up our choices and the times we'll never get back
Vs 2:
My heart keeps beating
In the eye of a storm
And it bears repeating
When change is the norm
We worked so hard to follow the plan
Chorus:
We tap our toes to the beat
Even when the beat goes bad
We tally up our choices and the time we'll never get back
Instrumental
Vs 3:
My true love rocks my world
Brings a tear to my eye
It makes life so beautiful
And we're gonna be alright
We worked so hard to follow the plan
Chorus (x3):
We tap our toes to the beat
Even when the beat goes bad
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9. |
Should've Known Better
03:42
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Everyday I remind myself of what I believe, or else my faith might escape me. All of the love in my heart has been locked away, and baby, you hold the key. CHORUS: I should’ve known better, I guess I’ll never learn. I don’t ever realize what I have until it’s gone. Now it’s taking all of the strength that I have not to hold on. VERSE: I guess all along I’ve known it, though I’ve tried hard to disown it. They were my own insecurities. But now I’ve come to realize, after having said all of my good-byes, that you’re the only one that I’ll ever need. (CHORUS) Sweet memory, there you go again, sneaking’ up on me like a long, lost friend. I see your face everywhere but I can’t find another like you anywhere. You’re a ghost who’s haunting me. (CHORUS) And try to move on.
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10. |
I Will Be True
03:02
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I Will Be True
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2013
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs 1:
If you're in need of a friend and you can no longer pretend.
If your eyes cannot see and you can no longer believe.
If your mind is full of doubt and you've forgotten what it's all about.
Chorus:
I will be there for you, if you need me I’ll be true.
Vs 2:
If your time has come and gone and you cannot carry on.
If your race has already been run and you feel you've only just begun.
If all your chips are in the air and you feel like nobody cares.
Chorus:
I will be there for you, if you need me I’ll be true.
Instrumental
(Forever, I will be true x4)
Vs 3:
You were always there for me, a tender heart who cared for me (you cared for me).
Like a pilot at night, you gave me the sight (you gave me the sight).
And the courage to dream, you've been my angel, you make me feel free.
Chorus:
I will be there for you, if you need me I will come through.
I will love you forever and forever I will be true.
Forever, I will be true. Forever, I will be true.
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11. |
The Sand of Time
02:54
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The Sand of Time
Words & Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2016
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Vs 1:
Ain’t it the truth it comes and it goes.
When it comes hard and fast you just never know it.
I want to reach out and grab a hold yeah.
With white knuckled fists I want to grab a moment.
Chorus:
The sand runs through my hourglass.
I can’t seem to keep it from passing.
With every grain it bears a change.
The sand of time remains.
Vs 2:
Hard knocks, hard life, hard truth, soft lies.
Hard up, hard times, soft kisses, sweet goodbyes.
A precious love makes you realize.
The world is greater than your size.
Chorus:
The sand runs through my hourglass
I can’t seem to keep it from passing.
With every grain it bears a change.
The sand of time remains.
Instrumental
Vs 3:
So many pictures without frames.
One day they may not remain.
Just grains of sand passing through time’s hand.
Still I love them just the same.
Chorus:
The sand runs through my hourglass.
I can’t seem to keep it from passing.
With every grain it bears a change.
The sand of time remains.
Outro:
I am not the same.
It never stays that way.
The sand of time remains.
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12. |
Heroes & Heartaches
03:18
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Heroes & Heartaches
Words & Music by Amber Snider
Puddle Siren Music Publishing, ASCAP ©2016
www.ambersnider.com | amber@ambersnider.com
Chorus:
Heroes & Heartaches and the space between
Where a heart breaks or a heart believes
Heroes & Heartaches, you gave to me
Such a heart break but I still believed
Vs 2:
Someone you know may go either way
Towards the dark of night or into the light of day
Chorus:
Heroes & Heartaches and the space between
Where a heart breaks or a heart believes
Heroes & Heartaches, you gave to me
Such a heart break but I still believed
Vs 3:
I never wanted any other, I never felt the need
I waited for you to discover that you needed me
Instrumental
Vs 4:
I tried to be strong thinking you would come along
You were a hero in my eyes but you didn’t realize
Chorus:
Heroes & Heartaches and the space between
Where a heart breaks or a heart believes
Heroes & Heartaches, you gave to me
Such a heart break but I still believed
Tag:
Heroes & Heartaches
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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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