bookmark_borderAll American Dreamer

LYRICS
They call me a dreamer
It’s the best I can do
They call me a dreamer
Nuttin’ better to do
They call me the dreamer
With the follow-through
Look out, mama, I’m coming for you

American dreamer
In this day and age?
American dreamer
Future history page
American dreamer
Unlock your cage
Lookout, mama on the rampage

Come be a dreamer
For the best, if you do
Come be a dreamer
Nuttin’ better to do
Come be a dreamer
Grey sky turned blue
Come on, mama, we’ll make it come true
Come on, mama
You know you want to
Woohoo!

All American Dreamer.mp4

All American Dreamer.mp3

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

Written and recorded in downtown West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE

bookmark_borderSwampy

LYRICS
Can ya tell me
Is it smellin’ swampy
… it’s smellin’ swampy to me
Bringin’ a tear to my eye
Ya know it makes me cry
Your cologne
Won’t leave me alone

Ya got some skunk cabbage there
Better check your baggage
… fermenting in the air

I’m starting to think
That maybe the stink….
I’m starting to think
It’ll stink

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Open D tuning
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Slide Guitar, Lyrics
Bill Kucera — Guitar
Nancy — Additional Lyrics

From the album Some Sum
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPlaying The Street

INSTRUMENTAL

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords Part 1: E Em7 A A7 / B7 A E
Part 2: E A G

Daniel — Guitar

Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in West Chester, PA.

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFrame Of Reference Blues

LYRICS
Are we going fast
Are we going slow
It’s really hard for me to know
Watching space go by
Is to drift really to fly
Is adrift to fly?

Are we headed forward
Are we in reverse
What is our heading
What is our course
Of course….

Are we going up
Are we going down
Are we just spinning around and around

Frame Of Reference Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E7 Em7

“The point is that motion is relative and the entire concept of motion is very subtle because it depends on the chosen frame of reference. On Earth we generally have a fixed background against which we assess movement.” — NASA

What would it be like without a frame of reference? If you don’t have a frame of reference, can you tell how fast you are going?

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, DigiTech RP3)

Part of the 4D Music Experiment
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCoal in the Stocking Blues

Coal in the Stocking Blues.mp3

LYRICS
Have you been a good little girl or boy?
Now you want Santa to bring you a toy
Have you been good the whole year through
Or, I’ll have bad news
Coal in the stocking blues

I heard people talking
They said it’s shocking
Jaw dropping
Eye popping
Been good the whole year through… well, have you?
Or, I’ll have bad news
Coal in the stocking blues

Strum they told me
Stru, stru, stru, stru, strum
A new born king has come
Stru, stru, stru, stru, strum
Break that guitar out of your gunny sack
And give that axe a whack

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E E7 / G A E / A E / B7 A G E
Recording: 1-track digital stereo

A song written on December 14, 2015 after several days of record breaking temperatures. People are saying it is hard to get into the Christmas spirit without snow.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album That Time Of Year
by Daniel Brouse

More from the Christmas Album

bookmark_borderChristmas Train

LYRICS
With a heave and a ho, ho, ho, ho, ho

Do you know
If it’ll snow
And if so
Can we go
Dashing, dashing, dashing
To the show

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Goodwill! Good cheer!

Silent night, holy night
All is right under the spirit’s light
With a heave and a ho, ho, ho, ho, ho

Come they told me pa rum papa pum
Come they told me and play your drum
With a heave and a ho, ho, ho, ho, ho

Merry Christmas! Goodwill to all!
Come on! It’s a Christmas ball

Christmas Train.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E A / B7 A E
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album That Time Of Year
by Daniel Brouse

More from the Christmas Album

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

Blues Sky.mp3

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_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

How to Play the Blues.mp3

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_borderFreak Of Nature

LYRICS
Golly! Lookie see
There’s a bee flying straight at me
Holy! Helter skelter
Seek shelter from that woodpecker
My, oh, my
see that dragonfly
Helicopter raptor that wants me to die
But the most dangerous…
But the most dangerous is us

Where have we been
Nature rules again

Freak Of Nature.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
open, 2nd fret, 3rd fret
3, 2, open
7, 5, 3, 2, open

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDust To Dust

LYRICS
What are you doing
Said you’d be moving
Looks more like dozing

You’re hardly showing
It’s time to get going
Get movement flowing

Before you’re knowing
The curtain’s closing
Dust is blowing…
In the wind
Death rescind?

Dust in the wind
Rust won’t rescind

Dust To Dust.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
3nd Fret, 2rd Fret, open
12, 13, 14
3 –> 12

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Give the Dog the Bone

LYRICS
There was a farmer who had a dog
No sense in being a hog
Now give the dog a bone

You’re only going to eat the meat
Why not give the dog a treat
Yeah, give the dog a bone

We’re garbage prone
When left to our own
Devices our vices

In the gasp of a flash we’ve made more trash
Better find a real solution to all of our pollution
Like “give the dog a bone”

Chorus

You’re only going to eat the flesh
What about the rest of the mess
The “give the dog the bone”

Chorus

The Give the Dog the Bone Music Video.mp4

The Give the Dog the Bone.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E A G
D E
B7 A E
E-e-g#

A 1-track live stereo recording. Written and recorded live at Marshall Square Park in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Some-her-time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Crossroads

Crossroads Songwriting
Crossroads Songwriting

LYRICS
Gonna meet ’em at the crossroads
Shadow forebodes
Takin’ the guitar
Crusade bizarre
Gonna see ’em… not gonna sell ’em
What will be the toll to keep my soul?

No matter our burden
No matter our loads
Soul’s not for sale
Nooooo, can not sell
Even if we ain’t Eden’s
… it surely beats hell

Gonna meet ’em at the crossroads
Not gonna give in
#uck Satan’s sin
There ain’t (no) concedin’
Plain enough… easy to tell
Even if we ain’t Eden’s
… it surely beats hell

If ya gotta wrestle the devil
Better wear a righteous cape
’cause when you’re messin’ with evil
Your soul might not escape
Still…
If we ain’t Eden’s,
… surely beats hell’s

Ascend from the Prince of Darkness
Confess hell is a mess
Rise up from the weasel conclave
No longer Beelzebub’s slave

The Crossroads Music Video.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
D A E
C A E
with many variations of E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Egosystem
by Daniel Brouse