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You Are Never Alone On Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2013December 25, 2013 by admin

(The Grinch That Stole The Christmas Blues)

LYRICS
You’re never alone on Christmas
Isn’t that what it’s all about?
Feeling lonely is only if you miss
The essence of the Christmas presence

Let’s figure it out?
The love will always be there, I swear
As long as there’s someone…
As long as there’s anyone…
As long as someone cares
That someone could be you
Lord, lordy, Lord, Lord, lordy
Lord, with you…. make two
And, as far as I can see
There’s me
(… that’s three…)
For crying out loud — A CROWD!

Singing Merry Christmas, Almighty
Bless you for taking pity
And, keeping me company

Never Alone On Christmas.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E blues variations
E A
E C D E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

Bumbles Bounce

Posted on December 25, 2013December 25, 2013 by admin

Bumbles Bounce Music Video.mp4

Bumbles Bounce.mp3

LYRICS
An abominable snowman
Part creature… part man
The part abominable
Most probable
Man
Abominable… causing moral revulsion
Diversion, subversion, exclusion

Time for the inclusion solution
Let’s hope humanity can bounce back
After our ethical attack

Pushed ourselves over the cliff
Mostly over a religious riff
The penalty… swift and stiff
Time to be humble
Overcome our bumble

Do what counts
Do the bumble bounce

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F# / G

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers (All instruments played simultaneously and extemporaneously.)

“Christians are the most widely persecuted religious group in the world today and this evening we think especially of the Middle East, especially of Egypt, Iraq and Syria,” The Archbishop of Canterbury, Christmas, 2013

This song was inspired by the travesty of religious conflicts and killings during 2013. Unfortunately, the list is too long to list… Shiite, Sunni, Armenians, Christian, Buddhists, Dinka, Nuer, Beni Hussein, Rizeigat, Jews, Muslims… in Syria, Israel, Burma, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Turkey, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq… and on and on. Let’s pray we can bounce back.

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

Enlight

Posted on December 22, 2013 by admin

Enlight (Christmas Songwriting / How to Play the Guitar Video).mp4

Enlight.mp3

LYRICS
There’s light at the end…
There’s light at the end…
There’s light at the end of the tunnel

Lord, deliver us from this hell hole

Gloria
Gloria hysteria

Hallelujah, the hell hole is over

You brought light into the world
When “The End” was foretold
Turning meek into bold
Bringing warmth from the cold
Wanting the love to unfold

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 3
Em A
A D A Em

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

Christmas Ditty

Posted on December 18, 2013 by admin

Christmas Ditty.mp3

LYRICS
Here’s a Christmas ditty
Hopefully, something pretty
A gift to you and all your kin

From the country to the city
The dense to the witty
May goodwill come back to you again and again

Listen to the angels sing
The saving grace they bring

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E add f#, c#

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

The Heart

Posted on December 18, 2013 by admin

The Heart.mp3

LYRICS
Wow!
I knew somehow
You’d come through
But, I couldn’t figure
Exactly, what you’d do

Ciao!
I knew somehow
We’d pull through
To the promised grandeur
Spectacularly, thank you

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm Dm7
C Dm

132 beats per minute / Jazz Combo Heavy Metalfied

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

First Call: Assembly

Posted on December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 by admin

First Call / Assembly.mp3

LYRICS
What will man do in the name of the Lord?
What hell will man wreak in the name of God?
No matter how absurd
No matter how odd
No matter how forsaken
Granted, life is taken

Gather round humankind
For some kind
Of Ass embly

Can you tell the mule from the fool
Is the donkey me?

There’s a soldier in the grass
With a bullet in his ass
Take it out, take it out, like a good boy scout

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Bb

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

A song based on the bugle calls First Call and Assembly.

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album Medium Rare
By Daniel Brouse

The New Year Mad Math Method

Posted on December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 by admin

The New Year Mad Math Method.mp3

LYRICS
Why do we countdown on New Year’s Eve?
When I think of time, it’s hard to perceive
10,9,8….
Wait!
How much time between now and the end of 13

2013 364 23 59 50, 51, 52….

2014
Know what I mean?

Burst onto the scene
The New Year’s Queen

The first moment
Of the first minute
In a new time rhyme

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C
F G7 C

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

Feelings

Posted on December 16, 2013December 17, 2013 by admin

Feelings.mp3

LYRICS
I like crawling into spaces
I like making funny faces
You like sending out tracers
Attempts at erasers (erasures)

I like writing little songs
I like figuring right from wrong
You like acting too strong
Weighing down hard and long

Who knows maybe faces and song
Will help us all to get along
We could be twice as strong
And, save our human races
… leaving some traces

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em Bsus4 Em7
F#m7
G

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

Ra

Posted on December 15, 2013December 15, 2013 by admin

Ra Part 3.mp3

LYRICS
Fusion
Confusion
Solar energy
The sun
No matter our distortion
Can’t help the synergy
No matter our destruction
Devastation, eradication
Let the light shine
It’ll all be fine
Just let the light shine
We’ll all be fine

Fusion
Confusion
If the nuclear
Is not clear
You’ve got Fusion Confusion

The sun

Ra, ra, ra
God of the sun
Ray, ray, ray
Which either way you say
Ra, ra, ra
Ray, ray, ray
Whichever way you say
Ra, ra
Ray, ray

Golden
God
The Sun

Turning the plants on
To being green
The sun
If you know what I mean
(Their fill of chlorophyll)

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F#

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

Pin Drop

Posted on December 15, 2013 by admin

Pin Drop.mp3

LYRICS
Quite enough to hear a pin drop
Right before your bubbles pop
If it’s so loud you can’t hear yourself think
Do a mind meld and we’ll link
Let it be found…
You’ve become one with the sound

Quite enough to hear a pin drop
Right before ya blow your top
If you lead a horse to water and can’t make ’em drink
Give a smile, a hug… a wink
Let it be found…
You’ve come around

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm
notes: D walkdown with Bb and F#
D Bb
Dm

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

This song is motivated by the contrast between quite and not quite… like during a snow fall… like “Mandela funeral live: Angry Desmond Tutu scolds FNB stadium”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate, “I want to hear a pin drop!”

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, United States of America.

From the album School Of Fort Knocks
By Daniel Brouse

Old Fashioned Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2013December 14, 2013 by admin

Old Fashioned Christmas.mp3

LYRICS
Ho, ho, ho, hallelujah
Ho, ho, ho, hallelujah
Do you know
How does the saying go?

Recipe for a gingerbread house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
Do you know
How does the saying go?

Stockings hung by the chimney with care
Something about roasting chestnuts there
Do you know
How does the saying go?

Dashing… ore the fields we go
Don’t forget the mistletoe
Do you know
How does the saying go?

We three kings of orient are
Do you see what I see… follow the star
Do you know
How does the saying go?
Rudolph with your nose so bright
With a tail… a tail as long as a kite
Do you know
How does the saying go?
Oh, holy night
May all your Christmases be white
Do you know
How does the saying go?

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C C+f
G C

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse