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Fallen Hero
04:16
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Fallen Hero
by Stan Snow
Big river flowing out of the southland
You got a dream and it’s calling to you
You don’t know if it’s truth or illusion
You gotta chase it down, it’s running you through
Drive west to the City of Angels
Blue sky, stars all around
They’ll sign you up, and take all your money
You got the goods, you’re the new kid in town
Fire and ice, are in your blood
Dead or alive, it’s not enough
You’re a fallen hero
Take your time, you got nothing to lose
They’ll tell you anything to get you to break
You gotta line’em up and tell’em to choose
You’re not ever gonna give what they take
You got a mind and a band full of horses
They got the cocaine radio spot
You got to find a way to get it all out there
It doesn’t matter if they like it or not
Fire and ice, are in your blood
Dead or alive, it’s not enough
You’re a fallen hero
Piano solo
Guitar Solo
Fire and ice, are in your blood
Dead or alive, it’s not enough
You’re a fallen hero
Piano solo
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2. |
Snowman
04:14
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Snowman
by Jed Moffitt
I have heard we see the world not as it is, but as we are.
I have heard we see the world not as it is, but as we are.
I’m just fumbling along, working every day
It is never black and white, just another shade of grey
The world as it is, is as it is, and it is blowing me away.
I have heard there is a snowman in the mountains of Tibet.
A monster from my nightmare, a beast I’ve never met.
He keeps on running faster, the closer that I get
They swear that he is up there but I haven’t seen him yet
Or maybe he’s a memory that I sooner would forget.
Every night I look up at the moon and I stare.
And every morning I look down at the ground
And I notice that I have not gone anywhere
And I notice that I seem very similar to me
Except the part that fell away and slipped into the sea
The thing that I am, and the thing I used to be.
(Guitar Solo)
I have heard there is a heaven where all the pretty angels play.
I have heard there is a heaven where all the pretty angels play.
Some say they’re only monsters making angels in the snow,
I suppose that could be true cause you never really know,
In the meantime I am mingling with the mermaids and the minions,
The prophets and the pundits, and the second-hand opinions spun by Presidents from hell and their disgraceful dispositions in the big show
Every night, I take sight, of the light in your hair.
And I consider the fiasco blowing up all around,
All the pieces on the ground and the sounds in the air
Of the karma that I’ve wrought that is traceable to me,
And of the fragments of the thought that so insidiously, divide
The thing that I am, from the thing I used to be
The thing I used to be
The thing I used to be
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3. |
Johnny
05:00
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Johnny
by Stan Snow
Johnny, you’re lookin’ for trouble
Dumber than a bag of hammers, you got a heart made of lead
You drive down to the local church
All riled up, you’re gonna blow it up instead
There’s something, twisted in your head
You think you’re preachin’ righteousness, but that ain’t what you’ve been fed
Burnin’ down a house of faith
You’ve been seriously misled
What got you so bent?
You got a fire in your belly and brain with a mile wide dent
Can’t you see the light is red?
Johnny, you’re nothin’ but dead
Listen, there’s choppers in the air
They’re comin’ downtown to get you Johnny, they got a sniper out there
You think you’re smarter than the national guard,
but you don’t know nothin’, and they don’t even care
What got you so bent?
You got a fire in your belly and brain with a mile wide dent
Can’t you see the light is red?
Johnny, you’re nothin’ but dead
Bridge
Guitar solo
What got you so bent?
You got a fire in your belly and brain with a mile wide dent
Can’t you see the light is red?
Johnny, you’re nothin’ but dead
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4. |
Castle
04:23
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Castle
by Jed Moffitt
There is a castle over the water
A rumor of an edge to the world
A waterfall that will swallow you whole
Shatter your mind, and devour your soul
A gyre of destruction where the monsters play
A churning abyss to siphon you away
Over the rim, dangling below
Between everything you believe, and everything that you know
You cannot storm the castle without swimming the moat
No treading water, no keeping yourself afloat
You can try to find an empty bottle, and write yourself a message in time
But you cannot storm the castle unless you cross a fire in line
Navigating the chasm of risk reward
Seems there’s always one more leap of faith
Some eye of the needle, some broken accord
(Guitar Solo)
Columbus was my brother
Cortez was my friend
Adventure is my direction
Suffering is my trend
Sirens are calling, from over the sea
Engaging my attention indefinitely
Gotta weigh anchor at the end of the day
Abandon the castle
I wouldn’t live there anyway
You cannot storm the castle without swimming the moat
No treading water, no keeping yourself afloat
You can try to find an empty bottle, and write yourself a message in time
But you cannot storm the castle, unless you cross a fire…
You cannot storm the castle
You cannot storm the castle
You cannot storm the castle
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5. |
Hope
05:05
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Hope
by Stan Snow
There’s a fire on top of the mountain
And you can see it wherever you go
It’s like a beacon in the middle of judgment day
A warning to the people you know
It may not ease your mind
But your time is gonna come
And all of those painful tears
Will get behind us
And if we stand and don’t let go
We can find a way through ……………and hang on to hope
There’s a time and place for everything
But when you’re down, there’s nowhere to go
You can search for the light in the tunnel baby
But you may never find the answers you need to know
It may not be your time
But you know it’s gonna come
And all of those painful years
Will get behind us
And if we stand and don’t let go
We can find a way through …………..and hang on to hope
Bridge / Guitar solo
Piano solo
Well you can see all the way to the promised land
If you forget about the smoke and the rain
It’s like a stranger in the heart of a desert storm
A fire in the eye of a hurricane
It may not ease your mind
But your time is gonna come
And all of those painful tears
Will get behind us
And if we stand and don’t let go
We can find a way through …………..and hang on to hope
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6. |
Alive Tonight
04:28
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Alive Tonight
by Jed Moffitt
I listen outside in the dark
The wind blows a cold rain, and the cats run under the bed
Power lines sing, branches break
Windows rattle and shake, to wake the dead
The music intermingles with the wine and the wall of sound
Picking me up and slamming me into the ground
There are days I am living on cruise control, miles away from the light
But man, I am alive tonight
I feel like my hair is on fire
Sometimes I can see me asleep on a Portuguese beach when I retire
Then in my dream the ants come crawling all over my skin
And I long for a song played sweeter by the reaper on a bluegrass mandolin
The music intermingles with the wine and the wall of sound
Like a feedback loop in an encounter group, spinning around and around
Sheep are bleating in the company meeting, sleeping by the firelight
But man, I am alive tonight
I put on some magic glasses and held the whole world in my hands
The perspective of the moon from a children’s tune that nobody understands
From a million miles, crocodiles hover under a Venusian sky
They appear as a souvenir to the naked eye
(Guitar Solo)
The music intermingles with the wine and the wall of sound
I am drinking from a fire hose that goes and goes until I almost drown
There are days that portend an inglorious end in a gunfight under the moonlight
But man, I am alive tonight
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7. |
Already Gone
05:33
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Already Gone
by Stan Snow
Walking down to the city at night
Looking for a reason to live
Everyday is like a bat out of hell
I don’t know what there’s left to give
You say it just takes time
But I need to know
….where to draw the line
How far can you take this road
If you can’t find a way to get out
Tell me, how long can you reach for the top
If you never find a way to get down
How strong do you have to hold on
If you can’t see a way to get in
Tell me, how long can you hang from the edge
If you never get a chance til the end
I don’t know if I’ll ever find a way to move on
I’m already gone
Lost my job and the money ran out
No one there to lend me a hand
I keep tryin’ to get sober enough
But no one really understands
I can see the sign on the wall
There’s no exit here
…except to take the fall
How far can you take this road
If you can’t find a way to get out
Tell me, how long can you reach for the top
If you never find a way to get down
How strong do you have to hold on
If you can’t see a way to get in
Tell me, how long can you hang from the edge
If you never get a chance til the end
I don’t know if I’ll ever find a way to move on
I’m already gone
(Guitar Solo)
It’s ok, it’s gonna be alright
I think I’m gonna make it this time
I don’t know if it’s ever enough
But it’s got to be to keep me alive
I can take it if you give me a chance
There’s no mystery here
…it’s only a circumstance
How far can you take this road
If you can’t find a way to get out
Tell me, how long can you reach for the top
If you never find a way to get down
How strong do you have to hold on
If you can’t see a way to get in
Tell me, how long can you hang from the edge
If you never get a chance til the end
I don’t know if I’ll ever find a way to move on
I'm already gone
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8. |
Land of Broken Dreams
04:09
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Land of Broken Dreams
by Jed Moffitt and Stan Snow
In the Halcyon days, of platinum and vinyl,
You could lay down your dollars, and be part of a rock star’s dream
You thumbed through the pictures, of the princes who rose
to the top of the rarefied air in this Pyramid Scheme
Rock and roll children in rebellion, couldn’t care less
They were down for the sound, and the chambers of the locked away princess
A squire emerged from the fire, and carried us to heights we’d not seen
He brought us together in the land of broken dreams
Vipers and stoners and frat boys and loners
Conspired together to tether the squire to the stage
The squire became a knight, became a king, and he would sing,
Long after midnight, a wellspring of anthems from the golden age
In the city of the tortured executive, a coronation began to unfold
and the thought he would leave us that night was forever untold
We ransacked the store, and we still wanted more
But the streambed runs dry where the pure water flowed,
Leaving one for the angel of death, and one for the road
Interlude
Where is he now?
this american golden child?
Who gave us his life for a season
and who for some reason our mothers reviled
Who will broker this mexican standoff
As we wait for the world to explode?
Singing one for the angel of death…and one for the road
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9. |
Did It Really Happen
05:14
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Did It Really Happen
by Jed Moffitt
I wonder if some bright light burned a fiery hole in the dark side of my brain.
I wonder is it black and white, can I extradite my soul from this hurricane.
They say that the power of a positive mind
Is all you need to make the world fall at your feet, but I know
I can sometimes get carried away.
Did it really happen?
Or was it a story that I made up, just something to say.
Did it really happen?
Did it really happen that way?
He raised the alarm, the Mexican army deployed in the desert
As far as the eye could see.
It was twenty to one. Outmanned and outgunned, he died for his buddies
And his place in history.
They say that he fell amongst a score of his foes.
They lay around in scattered patterns on the ground, but some whispered
That he was shot while he was running away.
Did it really happen?
Or was it a story that I made up, just something to say.
Did it really happen?
Did it really happen that way?
(Sax solo)
They say that your story at the end of the day
Is just a frame laid by the winners of a game, and what’s more,
The truth is just the spoils of war.
Did it really happen?
Or was it a story that I made up, an act in a play,
Where I live, to fight another day,
Did it really happen that way?
Some buried treasure I was hoping to find? Is it the truth,
Or just a legend in my own mind?
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10. |
Intro
00:51
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This is the intro to Sahara.
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11. |
Sahara
06:43
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Sahara
by Stan Snow
Dry as a bone
On the desert you ride
Sun beating down on your soul
Ocean of sand
Burning hot like fire
A stranger appears
to take your toll
……he says
You can see, to the cliffs of Jordan
You can ride, through the Valley of Kings
Float down the Nile, on a miracle mile
But you can’t survive….. Sahara
Wind rushes down
On the dunes late at night
Minds travel far for a drink
No one knows
How we landed here
Searching for the grail…. in the keep
You can see, to the cliffs of Jordan
You can ride, through the Valley of Kings
Float down the Nile, on a miracle mile
But you can’t survive….. Sahara
Interlude
Piano solo
Time marches on
Like a soldier in line
Pharaohs of old lay asleep
If we weather the storm
We’ll be free someday
And we’ll find our way out of this heat
You can see, to the cliffs of Jordan
You can ride, through the Valley of Kings
Float down the Nile, on a miracle mile
But you can’t survive….. Sahara
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12. |
End of The World
03:45
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End of the World
by Jed Moffitt
I want a woman
With flowers on her skin,
And thunder in her righteous words
That move me deep within
The sleepy fog of time
That obscures the light of day
She burns through like a laser beam
And carries me away
The lonely ones speak of a freedom
That runs with the wind
But to worship at the altar of freedom
Is a tired old prayer to a deadbeat saint
Selling you a heaven he cannot defend
I drink the holy wine
With relative unease
And as the shadows lengthen
I see the forest through the trees
And I want a woman
To help me feel the light
That plays on the horizon
As we welcome in the night
At the end of the world
At the end of the world
At the end of the world
(Sax Solo)
I want a woman
With Bourbon on her breath
To dance me on my walk today
The walk of life and death
As everything changes
And plans go up in smoke
I want a girl, alive in the world
To time and again, take me in
To time and again, take me in
And help me understand the joke
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Sundogs Seattle, Washington
The Sundogs are a Seattle based band formed by Stan Snow and Jed Moffitt. Their original music is Indie Rock, Prog, Jazz,
Jam Band, Blues / Roots Rock, and is written to satisfy the music fan within.
Some people compare their musical styles to Tom Petty, Steely Dan, the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, etc...with strong songwriting, musicianship, production, vintage guitar and keyboard solos.
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