bookmark_borderI Ran

I Ran Recording Session
I Ran Recording Session

LYRICS
Hard to believe the pace
Of our latest arms race
Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan
Not really sure which wars we’re in?
Ukraine, Syria, Iran…
You reign? Seriously, I ran

Where to begin….
Russia rushing in
For crying out loud
While all the while Putin actin’ proud
Crimea Annexation
Cry me a river (exasperation!)

Unbelievable human race
Gonna leave us without a trace
Spreading like Malaria in Nigeria
I’s is in hysteria
Isis and Boko Haram
Teenage hostage harem

I Ran Music Video.mp4

I Ran.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
D7/D6 G/G9
C/C7
C/CM7

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Flaming Napalm Globs
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOperation Meetinghouse

Operation Meetinghouse Songwriting
Operation Meetinghouse Songwriting

Operation Meetinghouse Music Video.mp4

Operation Meetinghouse.mp3

LYRICS
Claiming it’s a message sent from the Gods
Jets of flaming napalm globs
What are the odds
Of killing kids and creating angry mobs

Chorus
What we’re doing really does stink
I mean… come on… don’t ya really think?
I’m not good with a nod and a wink
And, when it comes to freedom — I won’t blink!

Dropping bombs and burning babies
Well, only if God’s from hell
War crimes? There’s no maybes
You’re killing kids and creating a nasty smell

Chorus

(Ya see, I take “Don’t Tread On Me” seriously)

ABOUT THE SONG
E7 Esus
D6 Esus
Esus E7

A song inspired by the anniversary of Operation Meetinghouse. On March 10, 1945, the USA bombed Tokyo:
“The bombs were mostly the 500-pound E-46 cluster bombs which released 38 napalm-carrying M-69 incendiary bomblets at an altitude of 2,000–2,500 ft. The M-69s punched through thin roofing material or landed on the ground; in either case they ignited 3–5 seconds later, throwing out a jet of flaming napalm globs.”

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Flaming Napalm Globs
Part of The Beatless Sense Mongers’ Freedom Experiments
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRoses Are Read

Roses Are Red Music Video.mp4

LYRICS
Look! Everything’s coming up roses
Looking through my rose-colored glasses

One supposes
Even the politicians don’t appear as asses
No such luck
They’re still looking dumb as….

Still
An optimistic perception
Will
Give rise to immaculate conception
’cause Holy $hit… that’s it!
Time to birth an idea with worth

Look! Everything’s coming up roses
Looking through my rose-colored glasses
The roses are read
Pessimism’s dead

Roses Are Read Songwriting and Recording
Roses Are Read Songwriting and Recording

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
Em A7
Em G Am C

A song about having faith in government… and society.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Enlarged To Show Texture
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBeyond Your Cage


LYRICS
First time, last time
What will it be
First time, last time
Set yourself free

Once you unlock your cage door
You’ll never go back to the way it was before

It’s not too late to push that gate
Why wait… push open that gate
Let your inside out
Find out no doubt

Don’t hesitate! Push open the gate!
Through the threshold — you
Let your inside out
Feel free to move about

Beyond Your Cage Songwriting
Beyond Your Cage Songwriting

ABOUT THE SONG
E A D G
E A D A
C Em A
G A

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer

Singer/Songwriter version is a live 1-track stereo recording.
ReMix version is a 6-track recording.

From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderI Must Be In Heaven

I Must Be In Heaven.mp3

LYRICS
Am I in heaven
Without being dead
As these mortal thoughts
Penetrate my head

Chorus
The hypocrites so hypocritical
They’re gonna shut their own … (You’re letting us down)
Hypocrite equals political
Severely sadistical clown

Sign of the beckon
Nod — yes is said
No more “why nots”
Time freedom is fed

Am I in heaven
Do Overlords fail
Bureaucrat robot
Tiger eats it’s tail

Sigh… oh, the beckon
Nod — yes! We hail
No more brain rot
Freedom needs a wail!

ABOUT THE SONG
C C G
Am C

This song was inspired by the republicans threat to shutdown homeland security over the democrats immigration policy. Headlines, such as, “Homeland Security facing GOP shutdown threat”

Senators Move to End Deadlock Over Funding of Homeland Security
New York Times‎ – 23 hours ago
… as they searched for a way to avert a partial shutdown of the agency. Senate … Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa and a vocal immigration opponent, said Mr.
House GOP weighs new approach on Homeland Security
AOL News‎ – 5 hours ago
John Boehner presses House Republicans to accept DHS stopgap
Politico‎ – 8 hours ago

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album A-wear
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn Your Free Time

In Your Free Time Songwriting
In Your Free Time Songwriting

In Your Free Time Music Video.mp4

In Your Free Time.mp3

LYRICS
Oh, Lord!
Lordy, can you help me
Help me to see
See this day that’s free

If you wouldn’t mind…

Free time

Afforded the time to be free
When the sun does rise
Please revive being alive
Instill vitality into me
“Arise!”

Lord,
In your free time…
I’m…
… hoping you can afford
A harmonious chord
Harmonious accord

ABOUT THE SONG
G A C G
G A C E
D/D6 Em

A song about the appreciation of life… ’cause when it’s over… you’re dead.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album A-wear
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDo Not Blink

Do Not Blink (Guitar/Vocals).mp3

Do Not Blink Soundtrack.mp3

Do Not Blink Music Video.mp4

LYRICS
What do you think
Before ya can blink
We could all be extinct

And, before you know
You get to know no
No semen flow
No fetuses grow

As you realize
Right before your eyes
Mortality arise
Terminal surprise

As you awake
Start to shiver n’ shake
Got what it takes
To create make

Inclination destination
Evolution deconstruction
Civilization eradication
The human nation needin’ education

Do Not Blink Songwriting and Recording
Do Not Blink Songwriting and Recording

ABOUT THE SONG
E A C G
A C A C A C

A song inspired by our species inclination.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controllers and a Computer

From the album A-wear
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPigs

Coversong made famous by Pink Floyd
Written by Roger Waters

Em                C                 G     Em
Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are
                           C                 G    Em
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are
    C                         G
And when your hand is on your heart
A7
You're nearly a good laugh, almost a joker

With your head down the pigbin saying keep on digging
Am7
Pig stain on your fat chin

What do you hope to find down in the pig mine

You're nearly a laugh, you're nearly a laugh
                 Em    C         Em  D  Em  D  Em  D  Em  D
But you really a cry______

Em                C                 G      Em
Bus stop rat bag, ha ha charade you are
                       C                 G    Em
You fucked up old hag, ha ha charade you are
C                                 G
You radiate cold shafts of broken glass
A7
You're nearly a good laugh, almost worth a quick grin

You like the feel of steel, you're hot stuff with a hat pin
Am7
And good fun with a hand gun
You're nearly a laugh, you're nearly a laugh
                    Em    C     Em  D  Em  D  Em  D  Em  D
But you're really a cry______

Pigs.mp3

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Yell, Oh!

bookmark_borderModern Warfare

Modern Warfare Songwriting
Modern Warfare Songwriting

LYRICS
The invention of a killing convention
Stealth drone flown to bomb your home
Nothing’s fair in love and war

Modern warfare
So unaware
DA! Double dare
Modern warfare

Mass hallucination hysteria
Dilution of civilization — the staging area
Nothing’s fair in love and war

Blowout navy bomb your baby
Drop your jaw shock and awe
Nothing’s fair in love and war

For the strike force coarse source
Just look in the mirror…
And you’ll be nearer to seeing clearer
Are you aware
You are warfare

Modern Warfare Music Video.mp4

Modern Warfare.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Dm
F C Am
C Em Am

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Zoot Suit
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWho Are You?

Coversong made famous by The Who
Written by Pete Townshend
Part of The Beatless Sense Mongers’ Experiment: The Ultimate Coverband

Who Are You (Alt. Version)

Who Are You? .mp3

Who Are You II.mp3

E   D   A    A   E    A  E
Who are you, who who, who who   X 4

        E                D                  A                      C G
        I woke up in the Soho bar when a policeman knew my name. He said,
         E                   D             A                         C G
        "You can go sleep at home tonight if you can get up and walk away."

I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin' punches around
And preachin' from my chair

[chorus:]
Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
'Cause I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)

I took the tube back out of town
Back to the Rollin' Pin
I felt a little like a dying clown
With a streak of Rin Tin Tin

I stretched back and I hiccuped
And looked back on my busy day
Eleven hours in the Tin Pan
God, there's got to be another way

Who are you?
Ooh wa ooh wa ooh wa ooh wa ...

Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?

[chorus]

I know there's a place you walked
Where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees

I spit out like a sewer hole
Yet still receive your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now
After such a love as this?

[chorus]

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Zoot Suit
Performed by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAnthropomorphic Pigs

Anthropomorphic Pigs Writing and Recording
Anthropomorphic Pigs Writing and Recording

LYRICS
When the big bad wolf comes knockin’ again
Will rational resume… a civil civilization begin?

If we could only find some anthropomorphic humans
All we can find are sapiens acting like aliens
A little off-colored… don’t know what hue means
They don’t know no rainbow

Anthropomorphism illusion
Playing the part of a loon in a cartoon

When the big bad wolf comes knockin’ again
Gonna huff and puff and blow your door in

I went to two parties… elephant and donkey
The elephant couldn’t remember… really…
What to do? The water they could see
(They couldn’t even get to the part where they think about making him drink?)
You can’t even lead an ass to water?
You oughta’ at least avoid the slaughter
When the big bad wolf comes knockin’ again
A two party system as one lame duck… what the #uck? What a sin!

Who do you think I am
The sacrificial lamb?
Maybe I should let the wolf in…
Could be a win-win
Letting the meat meet defeat
3 little pigs
Wearing powdered wigs
Fat cats and pigs
A common man’s treat

Anthropomorphic Pigs Music Video.mp4

Anthropomorphic Pigs.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
Em Esus D6
Bm Em
Em E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Biblical Proportions
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSteppin’ Stone

Steppin’ Stone MP3

Coversong made famous by The Monkees
Written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Part of The Beatless Sense Mongers’ Experiment: The Ultimate Coverband

Steppin’ Stone.mp3

Steppin’ Stone.mp3

Steppin’ Stone.mp3

Intro:
E G A C x2
Chorus:
E   G   A             G       E            E G A C
I I I I I'm not your steppin' stone              x2

Verse 1:
E         G              A     C
Tryin' to make you mark on society
You're usin' all the tricks that you used on me
You're readin' all them high fashion magazines
the clothes you're wearin' girl are 'causin' public scenes
(chorus)

Verse 2:
When I first met ya girl you didn't have no shoes
but now you're walkin' around like you're front page news
You've been awful careful about the friends you choose
but you won't find my name in your book of who's whos
(chorus)

E  G             A     G     E
  Not your steppin' stone (repeat however many times)

DEMOS
Steppin’ Stone Alternative.mp3
Steppin’ Stone.mp3

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Retro-Ulterior
Performed by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCloser To The Heart

Closer To The Heart.mp3

Coversong made famous by Rush
Music: Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee
Lyrics: Neil Peart, Peter Talbot
Part of The Beatless Sense Mongers’ Experiment: The Ultimate Coverband

         A                G       D        G          A
And the men who hold high places, must be the ones to start
    A            G       D    A5      G      D     A5      G
To mold a new reality, closer to the heart, closer to the heart

Blacksmith and the artist, reflect it in their art
They forge their creativity, closer to the heart, closer to the heart

Philosophers and plowmen, each must know his part
To sew a new mentality, closer to the heart, closer to the heart

Oh, you can be the captain, and I will draw the chart
Sailing into destiny, closer to the heart

Closer To The Heart Live.mp3

Closer To The Heart Mixed.mp3

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Retro-Ulterior
Performed by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderA Defiance to Carry-on

LYRICS
When you shoot-up unarmed cartoonists
Blood flows like wine… time to draw the line
Our attitude forever persists
Oui we! Not fine… the line’s been drawn
A defiance to carry-on

When the French get fried… the French are toast
The true get tried and make the most
When The End Of Times are upon
Oui we! Not fine… the line’s been drawn
A defiance to carry-on

(whistling solo)

Viva la viva la song and dance
Time to give free speech a chance
What the extreme deem as obscene
Makes it obvious they don’t know what they mean
Oui we… a new dawn
From a defiance to carry-on

A Defiance to Carry-on Music Video.mp4

A Defiance to Carry-on.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 3
G Em
C D G

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

Inspired by the lack of whine in France, a post by a friend about “unarmed cartoonists” and a BBC commentators observation of “a defiance to carry-on”.  The song is about the positive attitude after cartoonists at the magazine Charlie Hebdo were murdered by terrorists.

From the album Retro-Ulterior
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderChop Chop

Recording Chop Chop
Recording Chop Chop

LYRICS
Chop, chop
Awwwww
Chop, chop
Ughhhh

We will kill the old red rooster
Sure to be a morale booster

Chicken running with it’s head cut off
Makin’ me sick gonna gag and cough

Gotta love that chicken and dumplings
Isn’t superiority something?

We’ll be barreling down the mountain when we come
Runaway train loaded with the dumb
We’ll be barreling down the mountain
Spewing feces like a fountain
We’ll be barreling down the mountain
Here come the dumb

Chop Chop Music Video.mp4

Chop Chop.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E
D A E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Hack
by Daniel Brouse