No Brainer

Posted on July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Have you heard of “no brainer”
This no brainer is a strainer
Scratchin’ my head
Over what he said
Living in delusion
Lively up yourself, don’t be no dread now
Beating on a horse already dead now
Seems to be a lack of marrow
’cause the cavity is too narrow
Solid bone from ear-to-ear
Lack of gray matter I do fear

No Brainer.mp3

No Brainer Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A C A / D G A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

Superman

Posted on June 27, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Do you hear what I hear?
What we need here
… is a superman
More powerful than a loco’s motive
Able to stop a speeding bull$hit
I hear what we need here is a superman
Up, up and away
Here we go
What do you say
Do you know?
Nothing to fear
Grasp the cape of superman
Someway, somehow
What we need now
… is a superman
Look up in the sky
No need to ask why
Not fowl nor fuselage
At large
… superman

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am Em Am / D Am
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

WANTED: Space Force Commander

Posted on June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 by admin

Apply within… er, a… without

Would you like to command the Space Force?
Of course,
The forces at play in space
Poof! Gone without a trace
Zero gravity. Are you getting me?
Any notion of an object in motion
Lack-of-friction diction?
As a matter of fact,
Who ya gonna attack?
And, who’s got your back
Depending which way you face
In space
[space interlude]
(Warning! Warning!)
International space station
Encroaching are location
Poof! Gone without a trace
The forces at play in space

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Space
Chords: Dm G; 120 BPM U.S. March
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

4D Music

Take Me To The River

Posted on June 17, 2018 by admin

Coversong originally made famous by Al Green and then the Talking heads
Written by Al Green / Mabon “Teenie” Hodges

E7                                              D   A
I don't know why I love you like I do
After all the changes you been putting me through
You took my money and my cigarettes
I haven’t seen the worst of it                                                 
C                         G            D         A  A7      
I wanna know, can you tell me why won’t you stay
                E7       D A          E7                    D A  
Take me to the river,           Drop me in the water 
E7                     D A            E7                    D A  
Take me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7                     D A  
Washing me down

I don't know why you treated me so bad
Think about the  things we could have had
Love is emotion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I will never regret
C                         G            D         A  A7
Oh wanna know, can you tell me I'd love to stay

chorus
Push me to the river.                   Dip me in the water     Washing me down
E7              C#m            A              C#m          A                D              
Washing me      Hold me Love me Please me  tease me     Til I Can’t Til I Can’t
[Solo] 

I don't know why I love you like I do
After the changes you put me through
The sixteen candles burn on my wall
Then tell me who is the biggest fool of them all
Oh wanna know, can you tell me I'd love to stay      
[Chorus]

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Classic Rock
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Tempo: various including 104 BPM, 120 BPM 8 Beat
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

I 8 It!

Posted on June 16, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
You 1/won it
I 2/too it
You be it
I’m for it
You 5 it
I 6 it
You 7 it
I 8/ate it
Damn straight
I ate it
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
One man’s gunk, another’s à la mode

I want it
You, too, it?
I’ll be it
You for it?
I 5 it
You 6 it
I 7 it
You 8/ate it
Sounds great
You ate it
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
One man’s gunk, another’s à la mode

I 8 It.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: E7 E / A B/B7 A E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

Red, White, Black and Blue

Posted on June 16, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Forever waving
Over the saving
Red, white and blue
And, black and blue, too
Now, whatcha gonna due/do?
Let hatred, greed… disguised as need
Stifle you?
When those in your view
Chose to lose
Silence you
Racist, fascist, nationalist
Can’t you see
Let them be
Evident as a “failed”
Where they lie the die experiment
Where they die they lie

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Dm C Am G / Am; 137 BPM Eurobeat
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

Spending Your Time

Posted on June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
In what ways
Are you spending your days
Save your day
Invest in your grave
You can’t save the day
The day slips away

Spending Your Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Electronic
Chords: E G E / G A E; 110 BPM Country Swing
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
The West Chester Pops: Vocals, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Guitar

From the album Overflow

4×4 Pick-up

Posted on June 13, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
4×4 with 6-on-the-floor
Equals freedom to pick-up when you want to
Meant for America to move
The great American movement
You know
Pick-up and go
Do what ya gotta do

Bring us your sick, tired, bored
We can handle any size horde
Meant for America to move
The great American movement
You know
Pick-up and go
Do what ya gotta do

Easy to be free keyless entry
The stick shift gives ya a lift
Meant for America to move
The great American movement
You know
Pick-up and go
Do what ya gotta do

Do what ya gotta do
Where the grooving get moving
Meant for America to move
The great American movement
You know
Pick-up and go
Do what ya gotta do

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Country
Chords: Em G / C D G Em / Em Em11
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Broad Daylight

Posted on June 12, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
In plain sight
In broad daylight
In the line of fire
Eye-to-eye desire

Just between me and you
There is nothing we can’t do
First we envision the vision
Next we follow through

Dream the scene
Make it true
Seen in dream
Time is due

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A Em A / A C A / D A / C A C Em A; 112 Epic Ballad
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Parasitoids

Posted on June 6, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Is that right?
You think a parasite
Might set it right?

Sounding crazy
Said the cuckoo wasp
Clearing hazy
Dead the garden pest
Nothing lost
Nonetheless
Blastocystis hypothesis
The Nemesis thesis
Putting together the pieces
Dung beetle and her feces
Feasting on the parasite species

ABOUT THE
A song that applies to both gardening and politics.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Am A7 / D6 G A7
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Sound, Diet & Fitness

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Relaxed Intensity

Posted on June 5, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Better face up to the facts
If I don’t relax
There’ll be no givebacks

If I’m on a slackline
Gotta feel sublime
If I’m on a tightrope
Be the tool not the fool
Knot the rope-a-dope

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A Am7 / Am7 C Em / E7sus4
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Minefield

Posted on June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
In the minefield
Mining minds
What’s mankind’s yield
Avoiding kinds

Me, my, mine field
Finding minds
None bowed nor kneeled
Avoiding kinds

Stand on a mine
Blowing minds
Such a fine line
Avoiding kinds

Outstanding
Out standing
In a “mine”field
Wield a minefield

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: F#m7 C#sus4 Bsus4; 104 Ambient #2
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Vicious Venomous

Posted on June 5, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
What lies between your eyes
Should come as no surprise
Vicious venomous lies
Soon to realize
Vicious venomous lies

Sooner or later the investigator
Is gonna come ’round
Bound to be found

What slips between your lips
Is hard to come to grips
Vicious venomous lies
Soon to realize
Vicious venomous lies

What kind of mind is found
Embedded headed bound
Vicious venomous lies
Soon to realize
Vicious venomous lies

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about President Donald Trump.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Capo 2 E G E / G A / B7 A G E / A G E / E G A B7; 84 BPM Sirtaki
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE!

Tommy

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Don’t know if I can put to tune
All of (your) life’s ruin
But it’s coming to me
You help me see
What it means to be

Wont’ forget:
Cherish every moment
Won’t be long
’til it’s gone
Won’t regret
A single moment
Just as long
As I write your song
For you to listen to
Help ease the pain
For yours and you, too
Help staying sane

Don’t know if I can put to tune
All of (your) life’s ruin
But it’s coming to me
You help me see
What it means to be

Written at the corner of High and Market Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA, after two sisters approached me with a request. The one’s son had committed suicide a month prior. Could I play something for him… he liked Led Zeppelin. So, I played a couple Zeppelin songs:

“Throw me a line; If I reach it in time; I’ll meet you up there; Where the path runs straight And high”

“No, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good… All last night sat on the levee and moaned… Thinkin’ ’bout my baby and my happy home”

When I finished, they were both crying. Then they asked, “Can I hug you?” After they left, I wrote this song for her son, Tommy.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D A / C E A / G A
Recording Parts 1-4: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Part 5: multi-track with Xylophone

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

Getting Out

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
If it makes the kids dance
Ya know it stands a chance
If it makes their mama move
Ya know you’re in the groove

If you’re waiting for God-given
When you’re already in heaven
Might be time to explore
Getting out a ‘lil more

Seeing the arms reaching
Knowing they want more
The child’s smile’s teaching
More than I knew before

If they stop you to interrupt
They must know what’s up
Can’t help nut show their feeling
Over what you’re dealing

Getting Out.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
While writing music at the corner of Gay and Church Streets in Chester County, West Chester, PA, a musician stopped to ask me why I like creating songs at Gay Church… which caused me to write this song.

Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A G E / E G A E [E F Bb A]
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse