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LYRICS
I’m sending you
With a spirit that’s true
I’m sending you
Sending you love
Now, that we’re speaking
Speaking of love
I hope it’s getting through
ABOUT THE SONG
Reggae beat at 152 beats per minute
Em / D / Em7
Written and recorded on September 3, 2012 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel – Vocals, Keyboards
from the album At The Heart
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
You can part
You can part
When you’re glowing in the heart
You can part any sea
Turn water to wine
Create a feast for the hungry to dine
(Loaves and fish dish)
The miracles you’ll spark
When you’re glowing in the heart
The hearts you’ll start
When you’re glowing in the dark
Emotional smarts
Spiritual larks
Take flight
Light the night
Glowing In The Heart.mp3 (Free MP3 Download and Streaming Audio)
ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
Am / Am less A
E / E less E
Dm less D
G / D / Am
Written and recorded on August 27, 2012 in West Chester, PA 19380.
Daniel – Guitar, Vocals
from the album Optimismme
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Umh? Yeah! Umh? Yeah!
It’s a celebration
A commemoration
Of comradaration
Ugh huh!
Philly Folk Fest
Destination
Like no other
Memories etched
Not just the jest
It’s the love that5’s best
A community
Camaraderie
Pleasantry
The only way to recognize our uniform
It’s torn
From the battles
We’ve won
Comradaration
Celebration
Fascination
With elevation
Of imagination
A new suggestion
Comradaration
Sensation
Elevation
Beautification
Spiritualization
Comraderation (Writing the Song Inspired by the Philadelphia Folk Festival 2012) .mp4 Video
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 6
Variations of Em
Written and recorded on August 20, 2012 upon leaving the Philadelphia Folk Festival at the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville, PA.
Daniel – Guitar, Vocals
LYRICS
What you don’t even know
Will likely hurt you
What you don’t even know
I surmise will be your demise
ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 2
Em / Em add F#
C / Em
Em / G
Written and recorded August 12, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is about ozone poisoning and how humans have made sunlight a dangerous thing.
Daniel – Guitar
LYRICS
Even when it’s raining, the sun shines
Even though you’re hot, you run cold
Will we be reading between the lines
Just to find… (spirits don’t have to grow old)
An answer for ignorance
When there is a preponderance
Of evidence
And, the witness is you
What will you do?
How quickly things change in the land of Oz
How quickly things change in the land of ours
Sunshine Between The Lines.mp3
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 6
Am
Am / G
C / G / Am
Am / C / Am
Written and recorded August 9, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. The song is about how people want to be ignorant about climate change and human induced global warming.
Daniel – Guitar, Vocals
LYRICS
On Tuesday evenings — a get together
Where I play in a rock-and-roll band
It’s inevitable one way or another
Gonna be a party of the grand stand
Meet up at the local pub
Make the girls shake their hips
After the show, embrace lips in lips
Been hit — the music club
God! I think I’m seeing stars
God! I think I’m hearing stars
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 1
C / E
E / G / D / E
C / E
E / G
E / G / D / E
Recorded August 8, 2012 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. The song was inspired by Open Mic at the Brickside Grille in Eagleview / Exton, PA.
Daniel – Guitar, Vocals
LYRICS
If I get to the point
Where I’m no use to society
Please take pity
Release Mother of my burden
Life’s worth living
As long as I’m giving
Living in a luxury sweet
When I get to heaven
There’ll be plenty of work worth doing
So as long as my love is flowing
I want to keep on going
[grunt]
Don’t think forever a working grunt
’cause you’re working your way right to the front
If you think there’s enough room in heaven for everyone
Think again
But, with your heart and passion
You’ll be all the fashion walkin’ in
ABOUT THIS SONG
A
A / G / A
D / A / Em / A
A / G / A
Recorded August 6, 2012 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is about my last will and testament.
Daniel – Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
from the album Souled
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
When at last you are comfortable
Than, at last, you’re at home
When at last you are salvageable
Then, at last, you are not alone
When at last you’re forgiven
By yourself, set free for livin’
Then, at last, you’ve awaken
In your true home
With a twist of love
Sprinkled down from above
Feeling free to let yourself go
Flying high to the place of know
Have some… please have some home
With a twist of love
Shaken not broken
ABOUT THIS SONG
Recorded August 5, 2012 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel – Keyboards, Vocals
LYRICS
’cause there’s been more than one path beaten to heaven
Of your life is your lesson
There’s been more than one song sung
Consider your life just beginnin’
Foreboding sky approached
Clouds burst open like a water balloon
Soon the river rises
A baptism cleansing you
Don’t want to sell it
Don’t want to take it
A baptism will break ya
Of that habit
Bringing on the casting out of your demon
Cloud burst quench your thirst for salvation
Revitalization of imagination
Realization: your civilization
New Song Sung.mp3 (Free MP3 Download or Streaming Audio)
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 8
Am
Am / Em
Am / Am add F
Recorded August 5, 2012 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel – Guitar, Vocals, Flute
Toucan (the Singing Bird Dog) – Vocals
LYRICS
There’s a space with a place you can go
There’s a place with a space. Soul let’s go.
Soul, let’s go!
Set your spirit free
Live happily
Simply take a feel and be
ABOUT THIS SONG
F#m
Recorded August 5, 2012 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel – Keyboards, Vocals
LYRICS
Livin’ with material junk
Your life’s too short
To try to hoard
Livin’ with material junk
Kinda like being struck by a skunk
With the scene of the scent you accumulate
Debunk your junk
Lighten your load
Debunk your junk
Let your spirit explode
Material Junk .mp3 (Streaming Audio or Free MP3 Download)
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 3
E / Em
E / G / D / A / E
E / A / E
E / D
Recorded August 4, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, PA.
Daniel – Guitar, Vocals
from the album Better Than An Itch
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
They set out for 3 hours
Sort-of short for seaborne tours
They set out for 3 hours
Ended up with a lifetime of horrors
Such is the fate (of Gilligan)
Such is the fate (of Mary Ann)
If I’m stranded on an island with you
Don’t know what I’d do
I’d leave that part up to you
Maybe distill a ‘lil gin
Then
Let the dancing begin
All the while playing our hearts away
Making beautiful music all night and day
Youth be gold. We’d never grow old.
Just for fun
Maybe distill a ‘lil rum
Maintaining a dance continuum
You’re as old as you feel
And, I am
Unconceal the real deal
Live life while you can
Naked. Swinging from trees.
Begging God we please
See Sure (Deserted Desert Island Sea Shanty) .mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
E A E G E
E A A (add G)
Written and recorded on August 1 and 4, 2012 in West Chester and Marsh Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
from the album Better Than An Itch
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
As sure as our lives are long
We’ve got to… got to get along
In numbers is our strength
Let’s get strong
There is right and wrong
Don’t let “Done Me Wrong” by your only song
Give flight to the might of right
And, it won’t be long
Let’s get strong
Arm Strong .mp3 (Free MP3 Download or Streaming Auido)
ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 2
C / Am / Em
Em / G
Written and recorded on August 1, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals
The song has to do with my ancestors, King Duncan of Scotland and the Armstrongs. One side of my family is related to King Duncan. He was murdered. The other side of my family cut down trees making it look like the forest was storming the castle in revenge of the murder (as described in Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Act V. Scene III.) The clan was named Armstrong and given a coat-of-arms symbolizing the event.
from the album Better Than An Itch
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Where do the good people go… do you know?
If the good life they’ve been livin’
Is full with the goodness of givin’
(Even with the occasional sinnin’)
Ya get into heaven
Pass the pearly gates
I can hardly wait
Where do the bad people go… do you know?
If after all the chances
You choose your dances
By selling your soul to the devil
Well… ya go straight to….
H e double toothpick
While you’re still quick
Don’t take too long
And, be judged as dead
A toast to the Mother, Sun and Holy Ghost
Of life make the most
ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 5
Em
D (less D) / D
Em over to F#
Written and recorded July 31, 2012 on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey.
from the album Better Than An Itch
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Who do you think you are
Trying to pound your fist
Reaching so far
What do you think you are
Bleeding from your ears
Dishing out fears
Demanding it’s your list
Screaming out jeers
Washing out bliss
Who wants your mess?
If you try to diminish us
You will count less
If you try to vanquish us
Us you will release
So please
Do
De de do
Do de da
ABOUT THE SONG
Em
Em / G (less G)
D / A / Em / G (less G) / Em
Written and recorded on July 30 and 31, 2012 in West Chester, PA and Ocean City, NJ. It’s about a guy from Atlanta, GA.
from the album Better Than An Itch
by Daniel Brouse