Like Son – ExperiMental Music

Solution Solution

Posted on August 8, 2013August 8, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
What is our solution
To the saline solution
Can you see
We’ve left the sea
In a terrestrial evolution

Hear we’re filling the ocean
With our own pollution
Can you see
We’re killing the sea
In a tribal revolution

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — G Em
Am D G

This song was inspired by a trip to the Shore with my son. It got me thinking that the human body is mostly salt water. I fail to see how we can pollute the sea.

Made in the USA (Ocean City, New Jersey, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Shifting Sands Of Time

Posted on August 7, 2013March 21, 2014 by admin

LYRICS
Standing in the ocean
Watching the tide roll out
I start to thinking
My feet are sinking
I begin figgerin’
What life’s about

Standing in the ocean
Watching the tide roll in
As I get a notion
My body’s in motion
The spirit’s en route
Life’s precious… no doubt

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 3
A C
E A

Made in the USA (Ocean City, New Jersey, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

T-shirt Prophecy

Posted on August 7, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
Don’t blink. Don’t think.
Do wink. No kink.

If you read the signs and obey
You might be headed the wrong way
Don’t always believe what they say
Or from the path you may stray

Ding-dong. Clock’s gong.
Time slide in stride

T-shirt Prophecy.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Am D
Am D G Am

This song was motivated by people’s t-shirts.

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, PA, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel

Shore For Sure

Posted on August 6, 2013August 7, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
The scent of salt water
Couldn’t get much better
The cool ocean breeze
You can do as you please

The girls are so cute
In their swimming suit
Mankind’s man kind
Pleasures the mind

Looking so skinny
In a tiny bikini
Wholesome and fresh
Pleasures of the flesh

Shore For Sure.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D slide to 4th fret, slide to 5th fret
D A E
A E

Made in the USA (Ocean City, New Jersey, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel

Vinegar

Posted on August 6, 2013August 7, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
If you say, “I’m sick of this.”
Don’t want to hear your vinegar and piss

The way things are going
Let’s hope we keep growing
Sooner or later we’ll get in to knowing

Vinegar And Piss.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 4
Em Am
D6

This song was inspired by the Alt-J soundcheck for the summer block party concert. Instead of saying, “Testing 1,2,3”, he complained.

Made in the USA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

LYRICS
What if the Earth is a spaceship
Full of illegal aliens seeking some asylum
And on the stormy seas (sees) overturn… flip
Will there be a rescue? Will there be refuge?
Will we be taken in? Or will they refuse?

Chorus
When you know you’re feeling like Snowden
There’s absolutely no where to go… then,
You realize your relative size
A sheep in sheep’s clothes. No lies. No guise.

What if you were fleeing a brutal rule
Praying for a Christmas past Christmas Island
Instead a new guinea pig in (Papua) New Guinea
Please tell me who really is the fool
Treat everyone as enemy not as friend?
What is your motive? Fear, control or pinch a penny?

Chorus

The most sought after by the Central Intelligence Agency
Please, oh, please take me to your leaders
For if there is intelligent life here, I’ve yet to see
Appears the hypocrites are all traitors
Trying to prevent all that should be
Turning our futures into laters

Chorus

Past Christmas Island.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was inspired by the news of the day:

US officials fume over Russia granting asylum to Snowden | Fox News
The White House and U.S. lawmakers fumed Thursday after NSA leaker Edward Snowden entered Russia on temporary refugee status….

Edward Snowden wakes up to life in Russia – CBS News
Ex-NSA leaker is now officially a refugee being protected by Russia, but he won’t exactly be enjoying the freedom he previously knew.

Russia Grants NSA Leaker Snowden Asylum; Not Heading To Latin America
Snowden has received offers of asylum from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, but the logistics of reaching any of those countries are ….

PNG opposition mounts legal challenge as first asylum seekers land | Brisbane Times
Papua New Guinea’s opposition has resurrected a constitutional challenge to Australia’s detention centre on Manus Island as the first group of asylum seekers arrive to experience Labor’s tough resettlement policy. The 40 mainly Iranian and Afghan single men were flown from Christmas Island late on Wednesday and touched down on Manus Island on Thursday morning.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Refugee advocates are concerned for the safety of asylum seekers in Nauru after large-scale riots at the island’s detention centre late last month. Yesterday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed a deal with Nauru’s president that will see asylum seekers who arrive by boat in Australia sent to Nauru to have their claims processed and possibly resettle there. But an Asylum Seeker

Resource Centre spokeswoman is worried about hostility from the local people towards asylum seekers. A fortnight ago, asylum seekers being held on Nauru rioted, causing $60 million in damage to the facilities there.

Drowning in neglect | ljazeera.com
Three people have drowned and about 40 others were still missing … Does Australia have any legal or moral responsibility toward refugees …

Australia Says 120 Refugees May Have Drowned Off Indonesia | www.businessweek.com
More than 120 asylum seekers may have drowned off Indonesia, according to the Australian government, which is reopening offshore …

Almost 1,000 asylum seekers, often from war-torn Middle Eastern and South Asian nations, are known to have drowned in the waters between Indonesia and Australia since 2001. While the number of people seeking asylum in Australia is dwarfed by applications to the U.S., the issue has dogged Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government, which is clawing back from near record-low approval ratings before elections due next year.

Chords — C C+G C-C+G#
G D C

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Operator

Posted on August 4, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
I tried dialing “Operator”
A message said, “Try (again) later”
Hey! What am I suppose to do
If I can’t get through?

I tried dialing “9-1-1”
They said, “We can’t help you… none.”
Guess it’s nothing new
Society’s point-of-view

Operator! The Creator
Separator — wheat from chaff
Alienator — frown from laugh

Operator.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 2
G Am
Am Em

Made in the USA (Philadelphia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

After a conversation with my son about Richard Dawkins, I pondered on the obsolescence of a Great Operator. Songs like the Black Keys’ Little Black Submarines and Pink Floyd’s Young Lust refer to a telephone operator. Will people know what they are talking about now that phone operators are obsolete? Does the same hold true for the concept of God?

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Yawn

Posted on August 4, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
You gave me a dictionary
At first, I found it quite contrary
Then, this song’s definition
Made me reconsider my position

Chorus
To be wide open
Look within
So vulnerable. Let you in.
Let’s enable. We’ll begin

Mary merry meaning of contrary
Is it as Ying to Yang
Or does this dictionary
Offer definitions of slang?

Chorus

Yawn.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D Em A D
A

This song was inspired when a friend, Katlyn, insisted on giving me an old dictionary.

Made in the USA (Philadelphia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Looker (Ode To Richard Dawkins)

Posted on August 1, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
I look to the sky to see what’s ahead
Nothing but blue skies in bed
Look at the bright side… you could wake up dead

Chorus
I look to the ground and see where’s my head
So glad we have evolved… no need to dread
More apt to adapt if you strive to stay alive
More likely to survive if we strive to thrive

I look out of me to see if I can see
I look inside of me to see what I’ll be
Look at the bright side… I got to be me
And, you? You, too!

Chorus

Looker.mp3 (aka Ode To Richard Dawkins)

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A G
D C G D

Made in the USA (Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

While hanging out with my son, we were listening to Richard Dawkins. A spirited conversation ensued.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

What Is Life?

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
Is life fleeting? Does it last?
Strive for loving grasp

Perfect harmony
In all you see

What Is Life.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Notes — C E F E
C E F
C E F E C
C/A
C/G

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Jersey Shore Blues (Body Surfing)

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by admin

“If I were at the beach….”

Your dreams are within reach!

Don’t let a job
Lifetime rob
Don’t need any pouting
Don’t cry… no, don’t sob
No procrastinating
Outcast of the mob

Enough body serfing
Let’s go body surfing

The overdue Jersey Shore blues

The Jersey Shore Blues.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E A G D
G E
B7 E Bm E

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

While I was sitting on the courthouse wall writing music, a man stopped by (Chris) and asked if I could write a song about him “having a job and wishing he was at the shore, instead.” Since my son and I were also trying to plan a trip to the beach, I combined the ideas.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Old Man

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by admin

Original by Neil Young
Coversong by Daniel

Intro
  	F	D
 	Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were

 D            F               
 Old man look at my life 
  C                       G           
 Twenty four and there's so much more
 D               F       
 Live alone in a paradise
      C                 F
 That makes me think of two

 D          F           
 Love lost, such a cost,
 C                   G              
 Give me things that don't get lost.
 D                C               
 Like a coin that won't get tossed
 F               G   
 Rollin' home to you.

 D                                    Am7      Em7  G
 Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you
 D                             Am7       Em7       G 
 I need someone to love me the whole day through
 D                                   Am7         Em7  
 Oh, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

 D F C G  D F C F

 Lullabies, look in your eyes,
 Run around the same old town.
 Doesn't mean that much to me 
 To mean that much to you
 I've been first and last
 Look at how the time goes past.
 But I'm all alone at last.
 Rolling home to you.

 Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were

Old Man.mp3

From the album Like Father, Like Son

Cats In The Cradle

Posted on August 1, 2013 by admin

Original by Harry Chapin
Coversong by Daniel

Verse:
E		  G
My child arrived just the other day,
   A		       E
He came to the world in the usual way
E		    	  G
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay,
A		     E
He learned to walk while I was away
	   D	   	  A/C#	       Bm	 A
And he was talking 'for I knew it, and as he grew
	G	   Bm        E	           G	   Bm      E
He said "I'm gonna be like you, dad, you know I'm gonna be like you"

Chorus:
	E		 D
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
G		A
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
E			D
"When you commin' home dad?" "I don't know when,
     G	          Bm	E                   G     	          Bm	     E
But we'll get together then, You know we'll have a good time then"

Verse 2
E		       G
My son turned ten just the other day
   A			    E
He said "Thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play
E		  G
Can you teach me to throw" 
A			   E
I said "Not today I got a lot to do" He said "Thats OK"
        D	          A/C#              Bm    A
He walked away but his smile never dimmed,
     G	             Bm       E	      G	             Bm     E
It said I'm gonna be like him, yeah, You know I'm gonna be like him

Verse 3
E			G
Well he came from college just the other day
    A		          E
So much like a man I just had to say
E			G
"Son I'm proud of you can you sit for a while?"
A			E
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
        D	                  A/C#              Bm    A
"What I'd really like dad is to borrow the car keys,
     G	                    Bm       E
See you later can I have them please?"

Verse 4
E			G
I've long since retired, my son's moved away
A		        E
I called him up just the other day
E			G
I said "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
A			 E
He said "I'd love to dad if I could find the time,
        D	                        A/C#                         Bm    A
You see the my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu
     G	                  Bm       E	      G	             Bm     E
But it's sure nice talkin' to you dad... It's sure nice talkin' to you"
        D	                    A/C#            Bm    A
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,
     G	         Bm       E      G	             Bm     E
He'd grown up just like me. My boy was just like me

Last Chorus
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you commin' home son?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, Dad,
We're gonna have a good time then"

Cats In The Cradle.mp3

From the album Like Father, Like Son

Heebie-jeebies

Posted on July 28, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
Wiggle and giggle moving about
I can’t sit still
Lower my voice? You think that’s a shout?
Politically correct ain’t a skill

I’ve got no hypocrite’s will
No fraud to fulfill

Tickle’s not fickle without a doubt
Some call me a living pill
It’s not my choice… the high road route
Not a discipline. No, not a drill

Heebie-jeebies.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E A D A D A E
Bm

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

Tetraphobia Magic Bullet

Posted on July 28, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
Are you scared of what’s lurking under your bed
Are you frightened of what goes “thump” in the night
Does imagination run (wild) through your head
Giving you some mystical insight

Knowing how to tame anarchy
It’s under control
No, you’re not the same ‘ole monkey
It’s wonder mental

Never scared of what’s lurking in my head
Never frightened of the hammer of the might
No aggravation… frustration of how it’s said
Giving me some magical insight

Tetraphobia Magic Bullet.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm Dm less A, F
Em
Am

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse