Category: The Beatless Sense Mongers

bookmark_borderYou’re No Good

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“You’re No Good” is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It has since been covered by many artists, including charting versions by Betty Everett in 1963, The Swinging Blue Jeans in 1964, and Linda Ronstadt in 1975, whose version was a number 1 hit in the United States.

Am         D   Am             D
Feeling better now that we're through  
Am         D          Am        D
Feeling better 'cause I'm over you
    F          G         C      
I learned my lesson, it left a scar
Am     D            F     E
Now I see how you really are

          Am                  D     
You're no good     You're no good   
           Am          D        Am    D
You're no good  Baby you're no good
           Am     D
I'm gonna say it again
          Am              D    
You're no good  You're no good 
You're no good  Baby you're no good

I broke a heart that's gentle and true
Well I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
[Chorus] Instrumental Jam 
Gsus2 F / F   G   C  Am  D  F  E

            Am      D             Am      D
I'm telling you now baby and I'm going my way
   Am              D                 Am       D
Forget about you baby 'cause I'm leaving to stay

You’re No Good.mp3

DR0000_6445-Youre-No-Good.mp3 (Live on the Lake)

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Style: Protest Folk Rock
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderA Buzzard Is Two-faced

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A Buzzard Is Two-faced
A Buzzard Is Two-faced

LYRICS
[I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee
Won’t my Mama be so proud of me]
A buzzard is two-faced
Their drink is laced
The politician, again?
You bet he can
(Crooked politician)
The tainted drink you consume
Designated mental tomb
What do you mean?
Obscene… at the Inn and no room?
At the “in” and no room
Better let it out
Be it scream… be it shout
Let there be no doubt
Better let it out
Be it word… be it rhyme
Now is the time
Pre-post-prime
Prime time

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about being brainwashed, drinking tainted Kool-aid and seeing mirages in Washington DC.

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: A#M7aug F# D#m7 160 BPM Rock & Roll #2 / Heavy Metal
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

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bookmark_borderPermit To Carry

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Busking Permit
Busking Permit

LYRICS
I got a permit to carry my axe
Now going out and have some attacks
Allowed to sing and dance some, too
Now the question is, “How about you?”
Got your permit?
We’ll get lit!
Got your permit?
Let’s get lit!
Got your permit?
Come get lit!
Got your permit?
Get you permit
You better make it quick

Do some magic that’s really slick
Rabbit from a hat… or slight-of-hand trick
I might recite while fire juggling
Thespian, asked again, “Are you acting?”

I might read what I write
Then play it right into the night
Draw with chalk on the sidewalk
Now I’ve a permit, they can’t balk
Got your permit?
We’ll get lit!
Got your permit
Let’s get lit!
Got your permit?
Get you permit
You better make it quick

Permit To Carry (Video).mp4

Permit To Carry / West Chester, Pennsylvania.mp3

Permit To Carry Live.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about an unconstitutional law that makes performance art a crime in West Chester, Pennsylvania. You must have a permit to do any of the following:
acting, singing, playing musical instruments, pantomime, juggling, magic, dancing, reading, puppetry, sidewalk art (working with non-permanent, water-soluble media, i.e., chalk, pastels, or watercolors directly on the pavement), and reciting.

The West Chester “Footloose” Ordinance

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A B7
Vocals, Guitar
Alternative version includes electric piano and electric slide guitar
Written and recorded West Chester, Pennsylvania
From the album Gay Church

Alternative Version

bookmark_borderFreedom Train

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LYRICS
Pulling out of the station
Headin’ down the track
No need to bother lookin’ back
If you are out there ahead
Don’t look over your shoulder
Lessons you learn growin’ older

I better pay attention
Or I might miss my stop
Pay attention… stay on top
Or find the end-of-the-line
No! Please not that… It’s not my time
I tell ya doctor, “I feel fine!”

Glass half-full of satisfaction
On my way to saturation
Cup overflows with jubilation
When every day’s a celebration
Thankful for all of creation
Reaching self-realization
Pulling into my destination

Freedom Train.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E A B7
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRustle In The Henhouse

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LYRICS
There’s a rustle in the henhouse
Must be a fox… or maybe a louse
Or a wolf in sheep’s clothing
… worth bothering looking?

Is it worth taking a look?
He stole your mother’s pocketbook
Gonna poke her in the eye
And by the roadside… die!
We’re talkin’bout yo mama
Political drama gonna kill yo mama
(Oh, give my mama back Obama!)

Rustle In The Henhouse.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: B C A / A C A E A D A / C E A
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

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bookmark_border#MyPresident

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LYRICS AND CHORDS

A C   A            C   A
A gremlin from the Kremlin
Em             A
Wormed his way in
C A    C   A     C   A
Lyin', Cheatin', stealin'
Em               A
Any which way he can
Can? Con? Can con
King Kong
Right's wrong

D                      C
Who does he think he's foolin'
Em                A
With that foolish grin
D               C
Maybe it's good thinkin'
      Em                    A
If we go ahead and wall him in

The conman like King Kong
Swinging from a New York tower
Danglin', cryin', squeezin'
Tryin' to take away Her power
Flim... flam... flimflam
King Kong
Right's wrong

City slicker / rural grifter
Pennsylvania Avenue rotten few
Sighin', denyin', dyin'
Replyin' "Whatever you say, I'll do!"
Flip flop... flipflop

#MyPresident.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Recording: digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

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bookmark_borderJohnny B. Goode

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Coversong originally written and made famous by Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode.mp3

[Capo 1 to play in original key of Bb]

     A
Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
A
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
      D
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
      A
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
    E
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
             A
But he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.

A
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
                  D
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A                   E
Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
When people passed him by they would stop and say,
'oh, my but that little country boy could play'
[Chorus]
His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man
You will be the leader of a big ol' band.
Many people comin' from miles around
Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
Sayin' "Johnny B. Goode tonight"

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock & Roll
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Exoskeleton

bookmark_borderFlirting With Disaster

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LYRICS
Flirting with disaster
Am I the slave
Am I the master
Recipe for atrocity
To superiority wave
Bye-bye
Suicide blue sky
Sung tongue of lizard, “blizzard!”
Snowflakes undertake
For all that’s at stake
Expandability of humanity
Density diversity
All the colors in the hue
Including me and you

Flirting With Disaster.mp3

Flirting With Disaster Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about humans destroying the blue sky.

Style: ExperiMental Music / Progressive Rock
Chords: Em Esus Em7(11) Em7
Rhythm: 120 BPM
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Electric Slide Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFibber

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LYRICS
I won’t take any salary
Nor discriminate at all
Going to give birth to a wall
And, Mexico is going to pay the dowry
Look me right in the eye
Tell me that is no lie
Cross your heart… hope to die

I won’t tolerate bribery
(Unless it’s from the Russian mob)
If the Russians blackmail me
I’m just an arrogant snob
Look me right in the eye
Tell me that is no lie
Cross your heart… hope to die

Let me tell you, Mama
Obama bugged my tower
And, what was that? Humanana
Don’t believe in golden showers
Look me right in the eye
Tell me that is no lie
Cross your heart… hope to die

Fibber.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A / G A D E
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderHumpty Dumpty’s Great Wall

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LYRICS
Jack and Jill went up to The Hill
But, The Hill just wanted to kill, kill, kill
Peter, Peter the pumpkin grifter
Had 3 wives and couldn’t keep ‘er
Colored like a pumpkin shell
Going to damn us all to hell
From Humpty Dumpty’s great wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
The jack(a$$) fell down
And broke his crown
We all came tumbling after
(Does anybody remember laughter?)

Little Boy Blue go blow your horn
The U.S.A. is all the scorn
Our worldly welcome’s been out worn
They all wish we were never born
Before you say “can we adjourn?”
Mother Goose, will we ever learn?
From Humpty Dumpty’s great wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
The jack fell down
And broke his crown

The bridge to freedom is falling down
(My Fair Lady, the King is shady)
Ashes, ashes we all fall down
Take the low road… I’ll take the ridge
Has anyone seen the confounded bridge?
From Humpty Dumpty’s great wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
The jack fell down
And broke his crown
We all came tumbling after
[Laughter]

Humpty Dumpty’s Great Wall.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
What do you get when you cross Mother Goose and Led Zeppelin?

Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: Esus4 E E7 / G A E
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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bookmark_borderGet Together

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Coversong originally made famous by the Youngbloods
Written by Chet Powers, also known as Dino Valenti
The song was originally recorded as “Let’s Get Together” by the Kingston Trio and released on June 1, 1964

A
Love is but the song we sing,
                      G
And fear's the way we die.
A
You can make the mountains ring,
                   G
Or make the angels cry.
A
Know the dove is on the wing,
                      G
And you need not know why.

D                 E
C'mon people now, smile on your brother,
     A                          D
everybody get together, try and love one
  E           A   G A
another right now.

Some will come and some will go..
And we shall surely pass.
When the one who left us here,
returns for us at last.
We are but a moments sunlight,
fading in the grass.

C'mon people now, smile on your brother,
everybody get together, try and love one
another right now.

If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand.
You hold the key to love and fear,
All in your trembling hand.
Just one key unlocks them both,
It's there at your command..

Features pictures from the Women’s March On Washington, Philadelphia and New York 2017.

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bookmark_borderRight Left

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LYRICS
Bow to the right
Bow to the left
Dough city dough
Swing to the left
Swing to the right
Come on, let’s go!
Damned to the right
Damned to the left
Am I along? Want to promenade home?

Alt. right? Demand an allemande left
Trouble cleft… bass lyin’

If we’re square dancing
How come we keep going round and round and round?
Are we just parsing
Any ole line found?

Right Left.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E E7 B E / A E / A B7 E
Recording: stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Faux-fiddle

A square dance for a round hole.

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bookmark_borderCotton Fields

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Coversong made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival

“Cotton Fields” is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.

 G   N.C.
When I was a little 'itty bitty baby
                C                  G
My momma would rock me in the cradle
                                  D
In them old... cotton fields back home
         G                              C            G
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
               D                 G      C
In them old cotton fields back home
 G           C
When them cotton balls get rotten
            G
You can't pick very much cotton
                                D
In them old cotton fields back home
         G                              C             G
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
               D                 G   C   G
In them old cotton fields back home

Cotton Field.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Faux-fiddle

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bookmark_border3 Wise Monkeys

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3 Wise Monkeys
3 Wise Monkeys

LYRICS
You cut off your nose to spite your face?
Another by-product of the human race
Do you cover your ears ’cause you fear to hear?
Do you cover eyes… no looking here!
Do you cover your lips ‘less truth slips?

In a disgrace did you rig the race?
Is your space way out of place?
Do you cover your ears ’cause you fear to hear?
Do you cover eyes… no looking here!
Do you cover your lips ‘less truth slips?

Pick up a guitar… pick up a bass
Why don’t we just rock this place
Uncover your ears we have no fears
Uncover your eyes stand-up to lies
Uncover your voice! We have a choice!

3 Wise Monkeys.mp4

3 Wise Monkeys.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: D G A E / D A C E
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

The three wise monkeys (Japanese: 三猿 Hepburn: san’en or sanzaru ?, alternatively 三匹の猿 sanbiki no saru, literally “three monkeys“), sometimes called the three mystic apes, are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”.

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bookmark_borderFarcical Chill

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LYRICS
There’s a chill running down my spine
Not so sure if I’m feelin’ fine
Should I be laughin’
Should I be cryin’
Farcical chill
You deliver a shiver

Have you heard? The herd’s absurd
Miraculous ridiculousness
Should I be laughin’
Should I be cryin’
Farcical chill
I don’t know…
Does this show blow?

There’s still a chill doin’ the spine drill
Skin’s got goosebumps… lumps…
I’m feelin’ ill
Farcical chill

The emperor is wearing no clothes
Every little detail… totally exposed
The brain salad took all the Russian dressing
Now we’re left with the embarrASSing
Should I be laughin’
Should I be cryin’
Farcical chill

You deliver a shiver
Believe I’m a believer

Farcical Chill.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Protest Folk Rock
Chords: E A G / B E
Recording: digital stereo
Vocals, Guitar, Organ

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