bookmark_borderOhio

Originally by Neil Young
Cover by The End

LYRICS
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We’re finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We’re finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Ohio (Neil Young Cover Song).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – Dm F C
Gm7 C

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

A coversong recorded on November 27, 2012 in Chester County, PA for use in an album about authority run amuck. It was recorded as an on-the-fly by-the-seat-of-your-pants, 1-track, stereo, passion piece.

From the album You Made the Bed You Lie In

bookmark_borderMoonshine

LYRICS
Give praise for the moonshine
Pass on the sun’s rays (raise)
Give praise for the nighttime

Reflections from afar
Shedding light from a star
Phenomenon bizarre
Traveling as both wave and particles

Give praise for the sunshine
Bounce off the moon’s backside
Making the full moon shine fine
Giving rise to the ocean’s tide

Reflections from afar
Shedding light from a star
Phenomenon bizarre
Bringing a lifetime of spectacles

Give praise the stars do shine
Travel through vast space
To grace the crisp wintertime
Shinning down on the human race

Reflections from afar
Shedding light from a star
Phenomenon bizarre
Traveling as both particles and wave
Causing us to howl and crave
… none too soon to howl at the moon

Moonshine.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Key of C

Written and recorded on November 26, 27 and 28, 2012 in West Chester and Ambler, PA. It is about getting sunlight in the wintertime to keep you healthy and happy… and the way a full moon full of reflection can make you feel crazy.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Winter Wonders
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMy Thoughts Are With You

Songwriting In Chester County, PA
Songwriting In Chester County, PA

LYRICS
As you go out in the big wild world
My thoughts are with you
As you grow from young through old
My thoughts are with you

If Ideas are too complex… if ideas do perplex
My thoughts are with you
If you feel as though you’re living under a hex
My thoughts are with you

I’d be more than willing to lend my brain
I’d be more than happy to help explain
It might even be fun… and entertain
Or, if we’re lucky… benefit humanity a bit

Whether a whale under slaughter
Or, parent of dead daughter
Whether deaf in a life of silence
Or, victim of domestic violence
My thoughts are with you

My Thoughts Are With You.mp3

My Thoughts Are With You (Writing the Song Guitar Video).mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – A B7sus4 A
B7sus4 G

Written and recorded on November 21 and 25, 2012 in West Chester, PA. It is about sending out positive thoughts.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Winter Wonders
By Daniel Brouse



bookmark_borderWelcome Back To Heaven (Again)

Writing the Song "Welcome Back To Heaven Again"
Writing the Song “Welcome Back To Heaven Again”

LYRICS
Hello. Goodbye. Hello. Goodbye. Hello, again.
So glad to see you back in heaven again
I don’t know where to begin…
Well, all good dogs go to heaven
I’m beggin’, beggin’, beggin’ (please… on my knees)
Hope and pray you know what to do
Hope and pray you do
When the day comes due, I’ll see you

Wrecks, Toucan and Belvedere
We’ll see you on the other side of the atmosphere
Ria, Duke, Tralfaz, too
We’ll be seeing you in heaven

Once again… on the other side… with the wise

Welcome Back To Heaven Again.mp3

Welcome Back To Heaven Again Song (How to Play the Guitar).mp4

pictures and videos

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – Capo2
Dm / add F, less F
A
E7 sus 4

Written and recorded on November 18, 2012 in West Chester, PA. Who do you think will greet you when you get to heaven?

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Drums

From the album The KEYS to VOCGTR
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe KEYS To VOCGTR

The Keys To VOCGTR.mp3 (Free MP3 Download or Streaming Audio)

LYRICS
Playing music
Singing in a rock-and-roll band
Living in sync
With people all over this land

Building note by note
Building brick by brick
Building stone by stone
Creating new music

The rhythm of the measure
As the foundation of rock

Making music with a rock n’ roll band
Meeting great people all over this land
Singing in a rock-and-roll band

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – Em
Em / A
D / Em

Written and recorded on November 16, 2012 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album The KEYS to VOCGTR
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMarch Through The Fall

Songwriting In Chester County, PA
Songwriting In Chester County, PA

LYRICS
When I get close to you, there’s nothing that I can do
I start to march
Rhythm overtakes my heart

If I thirst
If the moth is parch
Let the march burst
Just you watch
Love will rain down
Love will reign down
Quench my thirst
Let the heart burst
No need to rehearse
Let the heart burst
Prior to the hearse

March Through The Fall.mp3 (Free MP3 Download or Streaming Audio)

March Through The Fall Song (How to Play the Guitar).mp4

pictures and videos

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – Capo 3
G (release one finger at a time)
Em
Em add G, D, Bb

Written and recorded November 11 and 16, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The writing of the album got started at the Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day. As I would play, the children would start marching. Several of the songs on this album marched to the beat of that drummer.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_border1, 2, 3 For What Dance

Writing Music in West Chester, PA
Writing Music in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, for what do we dance?
1, to what do we dance?

Bark it out
Don’t be afraid
Make a sound
Be found… out

Bark it out

Don’t be afraid
You are what you made
Now, make of it what you will
Shake it… better still

1, 2, 3, 4 what are we dancing for?

Dance a suspense dance (can’t wait to anticipate)
Dance a surveillance dance (see if there’s a scene gleam)
Dance an independence dance
Dance a reverence dance
Dance to thank God we’ve got a chance to dance!

1, 2, 3, for what? 1, 2, 3, 4 what do we dance for?
Dance for what
Jump about
Electrify I. Give Watt! (see your energy)

1, 2, 3, For What Dance.mp3

1, 2, 3, For What Song (How to Play the Guitar).mp4

pictures-and-videos

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – E / E less E add G
E / G / A / E

Written and recorded November 11 and 15, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The writing of the album got started at the Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day. As I would play, the children would start marching. Several of the songs on this album marched to the beat of that drummer.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn The Nether

LYRICS
Now it’s time to go to sleep. Good night.
Go to sleep
Now it’s time to dream of dreams
See scenes from realms seldom seen

Sleep comes creepin’ in
The day-life ends just in time for the night’s to begin

Now it’s time to search real deep
Not it’s time to dream a scene
Of the future… what is yet to come
The Age Grandeur when we come together… become
The Age Grandeur when we come together
In the nether

In The Nether.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – Em variations

Written and recorded on November 11 and 15, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The music started as I sat at the piano after the session was over.

Daniel — Vocals, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOverlord Overload

LYRICS
In the day when the overlords overshadow
These are the days the overlords overthrow themselves
Stripping himself naked of pride and wealth

In the day when Hubris meets Nemesis
They eat themselves leaving us (innocent and righteous)
From chasing their own tail… to The End of the tale

CHORUS
Overlord overload
Under the weight of their own hoard
Overlord overload
Under the wait of the director’s board

In the day when Earth is inherited by the meek
These are days when love shall speak
Cloaking Herself naked with the pride of nature’s hide

Overlord Overload.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 1
Am
Em
Am / Em
C / Em
G / Em
Em

Written and recorded November 12 and 14, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Psalm 37
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
and enjoy peace and prosperity.
12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.

Matthew 5
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Whistling

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTo Move Mountains

To Move Mountains.mp3 (Free MP3Download or Streaming Audio)

LYRICS
The clouds moved out of the way
’cause the mountains had something to say
“We appreciate the sunshine today”
When trouble is at bay
Conveyancing will outweigh
Why move mountains?
Why move a mountain?
Through our valley let peace roll in

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords – Capo 5
D / A
A / G / D

Written and recorded November 12 and 14, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is about asking please… instead of wasting a life.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEquals Rainbow

Writing the Song = Rainbow in West Chester, PA
Writing the Song = Rainbow in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
Take some blue
Take some yellow
Don’t forget violet
Do you know what I mean?
Take some green
(or mixing yellow and blue will do)
Color a rainbow

Don’t forget violet

If you read the directions, it calls for red
Or, you can always make do by adding some blue
If you forget the violet

(Aren’t-choo glad you got orange?)

If you’re bright
Take white light
With the rhythm of a prism
Separate the aggregate
And, you know you’ll get a rainbow
= rainbow

Like God make a promise such as this
No harm to humans I wish

Equals Rainbow.mp3

Equals Rainbow Song — How to Play the Guitar.mp4

picture

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E / G / A / D / E

Written and recorded November 12 and 13, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThrowing A Hissy Fit

Writing Throwing A Hissy Fit Song in West Chester, PA
Writing Throwing A Hissy Fit Song in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
If throwing a hissy fit could get you into heaven
Then, I’d quit
Too bad a temper tantrum doesn’t get you in
It’s a sin what you’ve been

[Forgive and forget?]
Before we forget, you’d better check if God will forgive
Takin’ your regret to the grave is a grave mistake
If you’re thinking God will give you a break…
Everybody ‘ll be dancing on your grave at your wake

If lying, cheating, stealing… could get you into heaven
You’d probably win
But, then again…
I wouldn’t bet your life on it
Nor throwing a hissy fit
You might as well quit

Throwing A Hissy Fit.mp3

Throwing A Hissy Fit How To Play The Guitar.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords Bm7 / Em
Em / G / A / Em

Written and recorded November 12 and 13, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHoundDog Blues

LYRICS
Dog gone it. Dag nab it.
Confounded stranger can’t read “DANGER!”
“BEWARE OF DOG” less you meet your God
Beware of God less you’re dog meat
He’s a big dog… you’re more the size of a dog treat
If you come knockin’ better be answerin’ to “Who is it?”

Hark,
That dog’s bit is worse than his bark
And, that dog’s bark is fierce
Listen as the shock of sound waves pierce

HoundDog Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords G / A
Bm7 / G / A / E

Written and recorded on November 12 and 13, 2012 in West Chester, PA.

Toucan — Dog
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Songs To Make Babies March
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRainy Day Blues

LYRICS
Ain’t got the rainy day blues
’cause I see the rainbow hues
Since I can’t go out anyway
Might as well stay in and play

Ain’t got the rainy day blues
Ain’t got to be paying dues
Why don’t we all while away
We can sway, dance and play

Rainy Day Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Key of D

Written and recorded inside a pick-up truck during the pouring rain on September 18, 2012 at the corner of Routes 100 and 30, Exton, PA.

Daniel – Vocals, Harmonica

from the album Beauty and the I Of The Be Holder
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderNice Musicality

LYRICS
The seasons are changing
And, so are you
But, that doesn’t mean
Compromising your point-of-view
naught, nil, nix
toss superfluous

You elect
The energy you project

Right is right
Throughout the nights
And, always all the days

The reality of nice musicality

Nice Musicality.mp3 (Free MP3 Download or Streaming Audio)

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
C
C add G, D
Am
Am add G, D
Am / Em

Written and recorded at Marsh Creek Park, Chester County, PA on September 11, 2012. The song didn’t have a title until a lady came up to me and said, “You have nice musicality.”

Daniel – Vocals, Guitar

from the album At The Heart
by Daniel Brouse