bookmark_borderSnake Oil

Northern Water Snake
Northern Water Snake

LYRICS
Are you awake?
There’s a big ass snake
Swimming in our water
You may wish to go no further

Why did he pick today
To come out and play
Silently slithering with no wake

Look! Upon the rock top
Coiled in the sun
Do you fell the urge to run?
Stop!

You’re sure you’re the cure
Mixer of the fixer elixir
Or snake oil salesman?

Amen

Snake Oil Music Video.mp4

Snake Oil.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — D (slithering slide)
G A D
E D

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine River in Lenape, PA. The song was inspired by a large (over four feet long) Northern Water Snake. It crawled out from under the rocks I was sitting on, swam through the swimming hole and sunned itself on rocks on the other side.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Flow Show For Sure
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLiving in the Engaged Age

LYRICS
What is the word
That needs to get out to the world?
May the word be heard
And hurled to the highest mountain top

Your engagement in the universe is your love
It is now the age to engage

Living in the engaged age

Living in the Engaged Age Music Video.mp4

The Engaged Age Music Video Extended Mix.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C
Am Em C

Written and recorded at Out In The Woods studios in Conshohocken, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
Rick — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Flow Show For Sure
by Daniel Brouse and Rick Reinhart

bookmark_borderMuddy Waters

Making Muddy Water
Making Muddy Water

LYRICS
Hey! What’s the matter
You muddy up the water?
Stepped into a sweatbee factory
The hornet’s nest… you’ve made a mess

Chorus
Throwing that rock
… and roll
Into the rock-n-roll

Hey! What’s the matter
You muddy up the water?
The ripple from the stone you throw
Has an impact… or don’t you know?

Chorus

Hey! What’s the matter
You muddy up the water?
Now the fish have gone away
How’re gonna eat today?

Chorus

Hey! What’s the matter
You muddy up the water?
Adding confusion is no solution
To our communication degradation

Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am C
Am C D Am
Am Em Am

Written on the banks of the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, PA.

More Information About the Lenape

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Flow Show For Sure
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFisheye Lens

LYRICS
Did you ever wish you could be a fish
And, get that fisheye point-of-view
Have you?

Have you ever thought of being a hawk
Soaring above this 3rd world rock
Nice view

Expanding your view… can you?

Have you thought of being a dragonfly
To hover… you needn’t even try
It’s true

Expanding view… you, too

Have you ever considered being a tree
On a river’s bank… roots set free
Let’s see
Have you?

Nice view… it’s true

Fisheye Lens Music Video.mp4

Fisheye Lens.mp3

Song Writing and Recording on the Brandywine River
Song Writing and Recording on the Brandywine River

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em add harmonics
D

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine River in Lenape, Chester County, PA.

More Information About the Lenape

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Flow Show For Sure
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Brandywine River Song

Writing and Recording the Brandywine River Song
Writing and Recording the Brandywine River Song

aka Lenape Way

LYRICS
Sitting on the bank of the Brandywine
On a day oh so fine
Watching the water flow by me
Wondering how long ’till it gets to the sea?

Floating a dream on the Brandywine
Setting sail at the pace of a snail
Drifting through our modern time
Wondering if the passing past will rain reign again

On the 7th day of the 7th month
Heading to the mouth… of the bay
Oh what a fine, fine hot summer day
On the magical mystical Lenape way

The Brandywine River Song (The Lenape Way) Music Video.mp4

The Brandywine River Song.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C C+g
G

Written and recorded on the banks of the Brandywine River in Chester County, PA.

More Information About the Lenape

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Flow Show For Sure
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTruth Song

LYRICS
You talk to her but won’t talk to me
Time to get a grasp on reality

Truth song of how she’s done ya wrong

You walk with her but won’t walk with me
It’s a shame you mess with your destiny

Truth song of how she’s done ya wrong

What you lost with her you won with me
Time lost together is a travesty

Truth song of how she’s done ya wrong

Blood is blood and yours is mine
Some day you’re gonna find… you miss your family tree
(Trust me)

Truth song of how she’s done ya wrong

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E C A E
E variations (+c -g#,b etc.)

A song written for Danielle.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOh, You Can’t Get to Heaven

Live Music Recorded in Everhart Park
Live Music Recorded in Everhart Park

LYRICS
Can you get to heaven if you don’t care a bit
If you don’t give a shit
If you don’t care a bit

The times they are changing
Pray my soul is fit
The gremlins they are a granging
Pray my soul ain’t bit

Chorus

The world keeps on turning
Asteroid please don’t hit
The sun keeps on burning
May our days stay lit

Chorus

Hope your heart keeps yearning
No bottomless pit
Hope you keep on earning
That you never quit

Chorus

Oh, You Can’t Get to Heaven Music Video.mp4

Oh, You Can’t Get To Heaven.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E
D C E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHere We Go

Everhart Park, West Chester, PA
Everhart Park, West Chester, PA

LYRICS
Here we go
Here we go again
Did you know
It’s time to begin

The starting pistol shot. Bang!
Still on the starting line? Dang!
Time to move a lot. Groove!
Time to groove a lot. Move!

Chorus

The tarting buzzer rang. Clang!
The choir raised their voice. Sang!
Dancers start to move. Smooth!
Nothing left to prove. Move!

Here We Go.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — D A E
D A G
A D

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAnts

LYRICS
Were you ever to the top of the World Trade Towers
Have you ever been to the top of the Empire State
If you have a chance take a glance
On the edge
Look over
Past the ledge
We all look like ants

If you get the chance
… we all look like ants

Have you ever been to the top of the food chain’s powers
Have you ever been past the top
Well, it’s not too late

If you have a chance take a stance
Pull way back
’till over
Get the knack
We all look likes ants

If you get the chance
… we all look like ants

Ants.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am
Em

Written in Ambler, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBerkshire Mountain Blues

The House Sparrow
The House Sparrow

LYRICS
In the Berkshire Mountains
… no limit to what you can do
In the Berkshire Mountains
With ease you’ll gain the view
You can not afford not
Can you?

Do you think the bird’s heard the word?
A ballbusting nuthatch
Do you think that bird’s a lil’ absurd?
A ballbusting nuthatch

Watch! That’s no nuthatch
Some kind of King Pharaoh sparrow
Watch! That’s no nuthatch
In flight… out of the shadow

Your desires… living in the Berkshires

You can do what’s best to do in view
… of the Berkshires

Berkshire Mountain Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em D6
G D6 Em

Written in Pittsfield, MA… in the Berkshire Mountains.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderVortex Of Love

LYRICS
Standing in the toilet
In the cesspool of life
A highly non-trivial affair
A vortex of love

Swimming in the vortex of love

To all the gypsy
Hypocrite hippie
Trying to take advantage of any age
Perplex flight of the dove

Swimming in the vortex of love

Swirling ever faster
Might float right past Her

Swimming in the vortex of love

Vortex Of Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E+g E+f#
E
B
E G A E
E G D E

Written in Pittsfield, MA. Based on a selfie posted in FaceBook by Keegan Tawa.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEerie

Recording In Massachusetts
Recording In Massachusetts

LYRICS
If this all sounds too scary for you
Here’s what we can do
We can hold your hand
Help you understand
Be the supply for your demand

If this all sounds too eerie for you
Here’s what we can do
Go from this minor
Into a major
And make the world a little happier

Eerie Philadelphia Psychedelia in Mass.mp4

Eerie.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em
Em Dm C

Written and recorded in Pittsfield, MA.

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Theremin

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOur House

Songwriting
Songwriting

LYRICS
The bats are in the belfry
The toys are in the attic
At least a mind’s set free
Not at risk to conflict
… obscured from view from you?

You decide what will happen
’cause you decide for us all, too

The lights are on but nobody’s home
Jekyll can’t hide Hyde
If I’m a good dog on the ride
They’ll give me a bone
I know I’m not alone
I know we’re not alone

No, no…
The Earth is our home
Yes, this mess is our own
Not alone in this home

Our House Music Video.mp4

Our House.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C E G D F C
C E C

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSuite-ness

Suite-ness Recording Session
Suite-ness Recording Session

LYRICS
Mother Nature’s misty eye cries
The Humans won’t compromise
Their ways… their strays

What do you say we go out on a lark
Maybe the energy will ignite a spark
The great illuminate of the dark
Leaving no trace… leaving no mark

Maybe it’s not too late to put some sweetness in our gate
Maybe it’s not too late… as long as we don’t wait
Maybe it’s not too late to put some swuit-ness in our gate
Maybe it’s not too late… as long as we don’t weight

The Suite-ness Music Video.mp4

Suite-ness.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — capo 1
Am G D Am
Am C

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album What If?
by Daniel Brouse