INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
D6 A7 G7
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
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bookmark_borderNursery Crimes
LYRICS
Hey diddle diddle there’s a doll with a fiddle
And some cat playing the spoons
Sing, “Ring around the Rosie”
Singin’…
And we’ll all go round and round
Then we’ll all fall down
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn
Play Boogie Woogie Blues until the ‘morn
The sheeple are in the meddle
Politicians are all the scorn
Say, “Play the blues on your horn song”
Play all the day long
Say, “All the livelong day”
Nursery Crimes Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A
D A
E C E C A
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderChanging Times
LYRICS
The times are changing… changing fast
Won’t be long ’till the future’s past
Yeah, time is changing… sure hope it’ll last
But you can’t hang on….
Better off letting go
Better off… just let it flow
The times are changing… to the future we go
Won’t be long ’till the future we know
Yeah, time moves faster until I slow
Use to be my lifetime was a whole year
Now a year’s a fraction of my time here
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Capo 2
E7 A7
D6 A7 E7
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderCats (Shaken Not Stirred)
LYRICS
These cats are cool
I ain’t playing their fool
These cats are cool
The band at hand
Do you understand?
If ya get basic
It’s like magic
Soothing over the tragic
Like a God given gift
Sharing the benefit
Some old
Some new
But they knew
The story told
Never grows old
Cats chillin’
Cooooool
Shakin’ Not Stirred.
Purrrrrrfect!
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Em7 Esus
112 varies BPM / EDM Dance Pop
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderBlues Sky
LYRICS
Please Navigator
Set navigation for the location
Of under blue skies
Under blues sky
Is it time to fly?
Navigator,
By the way…
Is time for me to say
We’re shoving off
Enough’s enough
See ya later
Navigator?
Please, Navigator… set navigation for the location
Of Blues skies
Where the spirit flies
Happy
And know why
Happy I’m alive to be I
Eye to eye
Under blues sky
I can see, see, see
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Em7 Esus
B7 A7 Em7
106 BPM / Reggae Blues
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderA Day in the Park
LYRICS
Come out of the dark
Meet me in the park
We’ll frolic, dance and play
In the light all day
And, when the sun does set
We won’t be done yet
Gaining insight into the night
Let’s shift out of park
Into drive… embark
We’ll frolic, dance and play
In the light all day
Chorus
Come out on a lark
Imagination spark
We’ll frolic, dance and play
In the light all day
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E A
B7 A E A
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderHow to Play the Blues
LYRICS
Hate to break the news
Hate to pick n’ choose
Hate to break the knews
You didn’t earn the blues
Hate to break the news
Hate to pick n’ choose
Hate to break the knews
You don’t deserve the blues
All the time you try
Wasted moments ’till we die
Personal pie-in-the-sky
Question your existence — why?
Hate to break the news
Hate to pick n’ choose
Hate to break the knews
You didn’t earn the blues
Without selfishness
Devoid of ignorance
Never pretentious
No arrogance
Chorus
How to Play the Blues Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A
G E A
D A
E A
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderKathleen
LYRICS
Glad you made it to my gig
So happy to see you jig
No. Don’t choose sorrow
Not today… not tomorrow
The smile on your face
The gleam in your eye
Bring joy to the place
Don’t need to try
Kathleen, what you bring to the scene
Kathleen, do you know what I mean
Invite me in to have some fun
Show compassion… and then some
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A A+f
A A7
C Em A
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderMonkey Around
LYRICS
There’s a monkey in the circus
And he’s dressed like us
There’s a monkey in the circus
And he walks like us
There’s a monkey in the circus
Reminds us of us
(a little too much like us)
There’s a lion in the zoo
Thinks he’s king of us, too
There’s a lion in the zoo
But he’s caged like us, too
There’s a lion in the zoo
Are we lying to ourselves, too?
There’s a man in our home
So we’re not alone
There’s a man in our home
Saying it ain’t ours to own
There’s a man in our home
Turns out I’m his clone
There’s a man in our home
Guess I’m not alone
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E
G A E
E
A G E
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderRote-ated
LYRICS
When I catch myself being rote
Makes me feel like such a dope
And then I begin
By saying it all over again
Repetitious rote
On remote
Control
That ain’t rock n’ roll
When I catch myself being rote
Makes me feel like such a dope
Is there any hope?
When I listen to what is true
Hope to convey it to you
Hope to relay it to you
Hope I can say it… to you
Won’t save my love for a few
Though trite it’s not spew
I’m saying, “I love you”
Remote from being rote
I love you
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
CM7 C
151 BPM / Rock Waltz
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderUnder Your Wing
LYRICS
Under your wing
I find it hard to sing
Though you think it best
This isn’t your nest
Now it’s time we try to fly
Our fly away day
You think you may know what’s best
But we contest
Me… and all the rest
Learning how to bequest
Is what She suggests
Digest wisdom
Then give some
Transcending the wedge
With knowledge
Acknowledge
Abolish abolish
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm D7sus4 Dmsus4
157 BPM / 50’s Rock
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderBang! Bang!
LYRICS
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Catch a figger’ by the toe
And, if you can’t figure the figure
Let it go!
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Go figure
Before you learn about a hair trigger
A bull’s eye
A bull’s I
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Do you know
Hot potato?
One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more.
That’s it
I think “you’re it!”
Look to the east
Look to the west
Look to the one you love best
Put you right arm in put your left arm out
Put your bear to arms in and shake it all about
The fringe shall not infringe
The binge shall not infringe
The origin:
“the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Em7 suspended and variations
168 BPM / Jazz Trio
A song about “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Daniel — Vocals, Martin Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderOne Is One
LYRICS
What you think you see ….
Is that reality?
Basically
Your reality is killing me
Oh please save me
From your reality
Your reality
Is killing me
One is one
You can’t make it undone
Two is two, too
The definition is not up to you
After all….
Who is the biggest killer of us all
It’d be us by far
No need to fear
Of them reaching near
It would be us by far
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bm Bdim Em7
142 BPM / Slow Big Band
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderBetween The Lines
LYRICS
Reading minds
Reading between the lines
Which kind want to be kind?
Read between the lines
One finds
Reading between the lines
They’re reading minds
Man’s maneuvers
Purveyors of slayers
Come on groovers
Come on players
Help maneuver the movers
And, say “hey!” to the slayers
Hey! Don’t slay
In essence, this isn’t rocket science
Reading minds
Reading between the lines
Between The Lines Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bm Bdim Em7
142 BPM / Slow Big Band
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderTangled In Not’s
LYRICS
As the NOT’s in the climate tangle
Need to wrangle a new angle
As the NOT’s in the climate knot
The knot of the winds increase
Sustained winds that wouldn’t cease
Then, the rain came down all around
Until the ground was awash in a flood
Up to my eyeballs in gook, muck and mud
The have’s and the have not’s
All have knots
All have knot
All in knots
Over having “not”
All the world is a stage in The Damage Age
Force 12
Hurricane’s off the shelve
Starting out at 64 knot
Yet not
Done
Sure ain’t no whatnot
Better run
Yell, fella, “To the storm cellar!”
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C C# Cm C#m
A song about wind speeds (in knots) and human induced climate change.
“A universal scale of wind speed values — since the scale was originally nautical in nature, and that most wind reports at that time were in nautical miles per hour (or converted to them), these numerical values were given in knots. It was a progressive scale with the range of speed for Forces increasing as you go higher. Thus Force 1 is only 3 knots in range (1 kt – 3 kt), while the Force 11 is eight knots (56 kt – 63 kt) in range. So Force 12 [Hurricane] starts out at 64 knots (74 mph, 33 m/s).”
140 BPM / N.O. R&R
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)
From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse