bookmark_borderThe Parking Authority Song

Writing The Parking Authority Song in West Chester, PA
Writing The Parking Authority Song in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
Ya know
I hate to sit here
And, watch people
Give their money away

No, no… please not today

They’ll swallow your quarters
They’ll swallow your time
Nothing to leave our sons or daughters (behind)
Is a generational crime

Ya know
I have a fit sitting here
Watching people
Piss their money away
Oh, no, no… please not today

Getting cheated and gypped
In every which way
Nothing but bruise and slaughter
Humane? Ill equipped

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
G / A / D

Written and recorded on June 16, 2012 in West Chester, Pennsylvania while I tried to stop people from putting quarters in the meters.

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Kiss Of Life*

bookmark_borderThe Phoenix Rises

Songwriting in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Songwriting in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

LYRICS
You are the link
And, here I thought you were missing
The chain links the chain links
The water ebb or flow
I’m sure you know

You are the pink
And, close enough for kissing

Just when you think
No one is listening
No one is caring
No on is wishing
You’ll be wishing
You’re there

Earth — the best planet going
Birth — let life be flowing

The Phoenix rises
The fire ever higher
Booby trap surprises
Fan the flames
You’re the wind

In the end, you just begin

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 8 (Bb)

Written and recorded on June 15, 2012 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Kiss Of Life*

bookmark_borderOle Fashion

Songwriting at Valley Forge National Park
Songwriting at Valley Forge National Park

LYRICS
I’ll have an ole fashion
Just the way I did
While I listen to ya fib

Ya said we’d be free
From sea to sea
Let it be

Strap on your spurs
Fix your bayonets
Rather the girls
Though both bring regrets

The legacy of our society
“Me, me, me!”
The legacy of our society
Breakin’ every treaty

Where the buffalo once would roam
We plowed a home
Raping the children of Mother Nature
Man, did we mature?

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 5
C / Am

Written and recorded on June 15, 2012 at the Revolutionary War memorial for Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge National Park in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The song asks the question, “Have we done our part in securing freedom?”

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Kiss Of Life*

bookmark_borderThe Hag Rag

Songwriting at Valley Forge National Park
Songwriting at Valley Forge National Park

LYRICS
A day that was way, way, way….
Back when you knew what
Knock, knock on my door
There’s a tale of the enemy

Where ya gonna be when the dead come through
I swear
Where… ya gonna be when the dead come through

The Redcoats are coming
The Japs or a Gook
The beat is drumming
Come take a look

Where ya gonna be when the dead come through
Out there
Where… ya gonna be when the dead come through

As borders disappear
The fear you draw near
Will make it appear

Grab a partner
Swing her round and round
Bearded, toothless… non-the-less
You’re doin’ the Hag Rag

Grab a partner
Swing her round and round
Bearded, toothless… non-the-less
You’re doin’ the Hag Drag

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
E add G, D, Bb
E / Dy

Written and recorded on June 15, 2012 at Valley Forge National Park in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The song compares dancing with an ugly lady with war and paranoia.

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Kiss Of Life*

bookmark_borderWhere Goes Your Nightmare

Songwriting
Songwriting

LYRICS
Perhaps when you block-out ugly
You inhibit your ability to see?
A fault by default
Clearly on your part

Perhaps when you block-out ugly
You inhibit your ability to see?
If you think you can’t take it
It’s time to make it
Real

Where goes your nightmare
Where goes thee
Lost sole. Blank stare
Where goes your nightmare?
Do you wanna be?
Where goes your nightmare?
Dare go there

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 4 (Ab)
Hold the D string on 6th fret

Written and recorded on June 14, 2012 after watching my daughter have a bad dream on vacation in Ocean City, New Jersey. The lyrics and recordings were conjured up in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Summer Vacation*

bookmark_borderEdge Of The World

Dancing on a Lifeguard Stand in Ocean City, NJ
Dancing on a Lifeguard Stand in Ocean City, NJ

LYRICS
Why go to where the gray turns black
A place where there is no turning back
Move it on up ’cause the tide’s coming in
A whole new cycle getting ready to begin

The pages blowing in the wind
No time for Man to unwind
Rather make a pact to adapt
Wind-up. Then, we’re apt
To buoy a beginning
Of a brand new happening

Where the hydrogen and oxygen separate
The sea meets the sky
Where the clouds part you can start
To see the light
And, you just might
Put up a fight
For it’s the struggle to survive
That keeps us alive

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 8 (C)
C / Dm
C / Em

The lyrics were written on June 13, 2012 while sitting on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey. The music was written and recorded at the Lower Merion Township Park near King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

by Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderCorrection

Writing Music in King Of Prussia
Writing Music in King Of Prussia

LYRICS
Where the sky parts from the see
The ocean waves goodbye
There’s a sigh in the air
A sigh in the error

Why not choose what’s best for humanity
Instead of just for you or me
Overthrow the overlords
Of disparity

With the vision of the Viking
No one is best suited to be king
With the vision of Charlemagne
Try to alleviate suffering and pain

No need to cross an expansive sea
To contemplate the fate of society
No need for flight from the storm
No need for blight, nor for harm

Lyrics to the Song Correction
Lyrics to the Song Correction

The ability to sense when fear is near
Allowing you to steer clear of danger
The ability to sense when fair is near
Allowing you to see clearer and stronger

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Intro: Dm / D
C / Am
C / G

Writing the lyrics began on June 13, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey. The music was written in Ambler on June 14. The recordings were made later that day at the Lower Merion Township Park.

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Summer Vacation*

bookmark_borderDon’t Be So Crabby

Writing Music with the Sand Crabs
Writing Music with the Sand Crabs

LYRICS
It’s tough… it’s so tough moving up
The food chain
At the very least, you just might get eaten
By a slightly larger beast

It’s tough… it’s so tough moving up
The food chain
Revolution of evolution
(Wonder) who will remain?

It’s tough… it’s so tough moving up
The food chain

Classical Acoustic Guitar in Ocean City, NJ
Classical Acoustic Guitar in Ocean City, New Jersey

The gull of the gull to take a stab at the crab
Then to lull the gull
A beast’s heavenly feast

No need to be so crabby
Your life ain’t that shabby
Appreciate your fate
Before you’re known as (the) Late

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 1
C / E
C / Am / E

Written and recorded on June 13, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA while hanging out with the crabs in the sand dunes.

by Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderDanielle

Songwriting On Summer Vacation
Songwriting On Summer Vacation

LYRICS
You were such a sweet baby
No question. Not a maybe.
Now, you’ve grown inot a lady

Moments turn to memories
A day to a year
Don’t let time
Separate near

You’re here
It’s the time of your life
You’re here
There is no grief
Suspend disbelief

 

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Father And Daughter Vacation
Father And Daughter Vacation

ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 5
A / D
Em / A / Em
A / G

Written and recorded on June 11, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey.

by Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderThe De-bitch Sand Which

Songwriting On The Beach
Songwriting On The Beach

LYRICS
There’s no sense complaining (no sense complaining)
About the shape I’m in (the shape I’m in)
As long as, I am bone and skin
It takes no explaining
There’s no denying dieing
Might as well take it all in

See the sea
Hear the here
Be the me
Without fear

There’s no sense complaining (no sense complaining)
About the shape I’m in (the shape I’m in)
As long as, I am bone and skin
It takes no explaining
There’s no denying dieing
Might as well take it all in

Scent of sea breeze
Touch a memory
Forecast a dream
Spirit team

Shore Songwriting
Shore Songwriting

There’s no sense complaining (no sense complaining)
About the shape I’m in (the shape I’m in)
As long as, I am bone and skin
It takes no explaining
There’s no denying dieing
Might as well take it all in

Take a bite
Out of the de-bitch sand which
Will cure your spite
Despite of
Take a bite out of the de=bitch sand which
Stuffed with love

 

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 5
A / D
Em / A / Em
A / G

Written and recorded on June 11, 2012 in Ocean City, New Jersey.

by Daniel Brouse

More from the album *Summer Vacation*

bookmark_borderA Question Of Humans

Songwriting in West Chester, PA
Songwriting in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
I’m whistling with you
I’m smiling at you
Irresistible
The feeling surrounds you
Quintessential
To be the Queen Bee

If you strive for the hive
We’ll do more than survive
We’ll thrive

For those who want to derail
Take our train from the tracks
Exhale
Relax

Less the swarm harm
Try to chill your will
Stand still
Don’t sound the alarm
After all, what is your aim? To tame?

Writing Lyrics to A Question For Humans
Writing Lyrics to A Question For Humans

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ABOUT THIS SONG
A (fingered)
Em
Em / G

Written and recorded on June 9, 2012 as an accident occurred right in front of me in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The mean has to do with a train coming off the tracks in the middle of a bee hive as compared to the human race.

by Daniel Brouse

More From the Album *Holey Ghost*

The End

bookmark_borderRadiate

LYRICS
Though an optimist
I must admit
Some situations on Earth
Are bleak
We forgot to care
For the meek
Now, the social justification
That I did fear
Is much closer
Than just near

Radiate.
Be intimate
Transfer
With Her
Mother of the Earth

Give birth
Bring forth

Bring it down from on above
Radiate
Be intimate
Love

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ABOUT THIS SONG
Capo 4 (Ab)
Am add G add D
D
G

Written and recorded on June 6, 2012 in Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

by Daniel Brouse

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bookmark_borderThere’s Still Believers

LYRICS
Believe it or not
There’s still believers
In this world
I believe I’ve got
The will of livers
To deliver
Watch
Behold

… if only we can believe.

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ABOUT THIS SONG
G / G add E
G / D / A / G
G / Am

Written and recorded June 4, 2012 at Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is about believing in things beyond our five senses.

by Daniel Brouse

More From the Album *Holey Ghost*

bookmark_borderGhost Maker

LYRICS
I had this weird vision
You were in it
And, your brothers, two… too… two… too

There was heaven’s light
’round one of your head
This usually only happens
When you’re dead

Connected.
The energy to you
When I’m near you
The energy turns blue
Like an intense flame
And, I’m perfectly sane
Connected.

Ya know it’s true
That that you do
Can come back to haunt you
Ya know it’s true
That you don’t do
Can come back to haunt you

The vision… can you see?
The ghost you created and caused to be

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ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 6 (Bb) play as an Em

Recorded June 4, 2012. Inspired by a clairvoyant experience with a band performing at Raise The Vibration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 3.

by Daniel Brouse

More From the Album *Holey Ghost*

bookmark_borderThe American Spirit

Writing the Song The American Spirit
Writing the Song The American Spirit

LYRICS
If nothing really matters
Why even bother?
But, matter, it does
Better do your matter
Before you’re latter

No, no, no, don’t ever give up
Yeah, yeah, yeah, have faith in hope
La, la, la we can change the slope

We can glide
We can slide
We can glide
It’s all downhill
we can ride
The rising tide
We can slide
’till our asses spark
What a thrill

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ABOUT THIS SONG
C
G
C add F
Em / C / C add F

Written and recorded at Independence Mall, 5th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA on June 2, 2012.

by Daniel Brouse

More From the Album *Prom And Aid*