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bookmark_borderYou Are Never Alone On Christmas

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(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

bookmark_borderBumbles Bounce

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Bumbles Bounce Music Video.mp4

Bumbles Bounce.mp3

Dead Babies In Syria
Dead Babies In Syria

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

bookmark_borderEnlight

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

Enlight.mp3

Gloria! Nativity Scene
Gloria! Nativity Scene

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

bookmark_borderChristmas Ditty

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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

bookmark_borderThe New Year Mad Math Method

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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

bookmark_borderOld Fashioned Christmas

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Old Fashioned Christmas.mp3

Old Fashioned Christmas Songwriting
Old Fashioned Christmas Songwriting

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

bookmark_borderIcicles

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Songwriting Inspired by Icicles
Songwriting Inspired by Icicles

Icicle (Music Video).mp4

Icicles.mp3

LYRICS
The water was dripping
Changed state now is forming
An icing
Of icicles

Jack Frost is nipping
The temperature dipping
Sub-freezing
Gives chills

Zero and dropping
With no sign of stopping
Bone chilling
Icicles
Winter spectacles

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Csus4 C7 (optional ending Fsus4)

112 beats per minute / Slow Rock

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderNearer

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December Snow
December Snow

Nearer.mp3

LYRICS
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
So glad
We grew nearer

Watching the time go
I begin to know
You better
Catching the time go
We grow nearer
And dearer

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — FM7 Bb Fsus4 F
C7 F

138 beats per minute / Heavy Metal with brushes and a Country Twist

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderNext Door Neighbor

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Songwriting About a Snow Storm
Songwriting About a Snow Storm

Next Door Neighbor.mp3

LYRICS
Leave them screaming for some more
Your neighbor
Next door
Your neighbor
Next door

Love thy neighbor
As thy self
Preserve self-wealth

Could be less fancy
Call yourself Nancy
Crowned Dog God
No matter how odd

Better off plowing
Where it’s been snowing
A path to peace
At the very least

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E
D A (slide up 2 frets and back) E
E Em
D (slide up 2 frets and back) A (slide up 2 frets and back) E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Organ

An extemporaneous song with all instruments played simultaneously.

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSoulidarity

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Soulidarity Prelude.mp3
Soulidarity Part 1.mp3
Soulidarity Suite.mp3

Winter Recording Studio
Winter Recording Studio

LYRICS
The whiteness of the snow, ya know…
Tends to cover the blemish of disaster
Makes one less selfish with the laughter

Are you better off living life
Letting your hourglass sand sieve
Or, giving all you can give

Give of your soul
I want to hear your spirit
Let me hear it
Give of your sole
I want to here your spirit
Come on, here it!

In the sifting sands of man
Doing the best that you can

Forget being a stranger in a distant land
Bring forth your love for all to understand

The cover of the snow, ya know
Let’s the Earth’s spirit grow with glow

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D6 Aadd9 A7 A7lessC#

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Organ

An extemporaneous song with all instruments played simultaneously.

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe North Pole

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Songwriting With Acoustic Guitar
Songwriting With Acoustic Guitar

The North Pole.mp3

LYRICS
Which way’s the goal
Oh, hell. Noel!

The troll wants a toll
Oh, hell. Noel!

Which way’s the goal
Roundtrip from the north pole

Sleigh bells ring
Children sing
Parents on a shoestring
Pray Santa will bring
Something
Anything

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em E
E G A A G E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Organ

An extemporaneous song with all instruments played simultaneously.

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderKrampus The Christmas Demon

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Krampus The Christmas Demon.mp3

Christmas Music Studio
Christmas Music Studio

LYRICS
Instead of sugar plum fairies and figs
Your vision could be filled with a fag of twigs

Is Krampus amongst us?
Have you been naughty or nice
If Krampus is amongst us…
Better think twice

It won’t be “all is well”
When he scares out the living hell
Scaring out the devil in us
Krampus

Born with goat’s horn
He’s on his way St. Nicholas Day
In his rusty chain you’ll remain
If you don’t refrain from disdain

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Dm
G Em

128 beats per minute with a cowboy hoedown groove.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

The song was inspired by an article in the Christian Science Monitor “Is Krampus the Christmas demon becoming too commercial?”

Chains, devil horns, and pitchforks are not things most people associate with the holidays. But for many in the Alpine region of Europe, that’s precisely where Krampus – a half goat, half demon creature, carrying rusty chains and sticks – belongs: in the Christmas season.

Yet some say that the centuries-old European folktale is turning commercial, as Krampus-themed chocolates, decorations, and greeting cards are readily available. Yet at the same time, could he actually be a subversive force for anti-consumerism?

Think of him as the anti-Santa. Krampus – as he is called in his native Austria, though he goes by other names throughout Europe – is St. Nicholas’s helper and his task is to scare small children into being good. On Dec. 6 – the saint’s feast day, or St. Nicholas Day – the pair will dole out chocolates and fruit to good children across Europe, while misbehaving children can expect a punishment instead, usually a bundle of twigs.

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

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderInto The Light

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Christmas Song Writing
Christmas Song Writing

Into The Light.mp3

LYRICS
March out of the shadows in the night
March into the light

Christian warriors fight the good fight

March out of the gallows without spite
March into the light

And be free
Fight the beast in me
Christian warrior
Fight the beast in me
Christian warrior
Take me to your savior

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F Dm
C

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

130 beats per minute Tango with groove.

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

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDecember Freeze

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December Freeze.mp3

LYRICS
Icicles hanging from the trees
Results of a December freeze
Snowflakes dancing in the breeze
An opportunity for us to seize

What do you say… let’s seize the day

Stockings hanging from the mantel
Christmas ornaments… be extra gentle
A tree topped with an archangel
An opportunity for the gentile

Let it be said… love we all spread

What do you say… let’s seize the day
Like kids on a snowday… let’s play

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Bb F
Bb A G F C D E F

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

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

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderKing With No Name

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King With No Name.mp3

LYRICS
Never sat upon a throne
Never wore a crown
Never called himself King
That’s just the thing

I never called myself King Of The Jew
How about you?

And, how would you
Like a crown of thorn
On your throne
Crucifixion
Soul extinction?
At least not a lone
(He was then crucified and hung between two convicted thieves.)

Hung out to dry
Hung out to die
Hung out
Without doubt

“After being flogged, Jesus was mocked by Roman soldiers as the “King of the Jews”, clothed in a purple robe, crowned with thorns, beaten and spat on. Jesus then had to make his way to the place of his crucifixion.”

He was then crucified and hung between two convicted thieves.

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Bb Bb9

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

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

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

By Daniel Brouse