INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: G / G C / D C G
Daniel — Guitar
Written and recorded at the corner of High and Market Streets in West Chester, PA.
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
Category: Daniel
bookmark_borderOnce In A Lifetime
LYRICS
Once in a lifetime
I’m…
Lucky to see
Lucky to be
Once in a lifetime
Set yourself free
To eternity
Once in a lifetime
I’m fortunate
To get
To forget
Any care you share
Before the final sunset
We get…
To see the light
Dawn’s daylight
Once in a lifetime chance
Gonna give it a second glance
Embrace romance
Once in a lifetime
Once in a lifetime
Once in a lifetime
I’m…
Lucky to see
Lucky to be
Lucky me
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Dm Dm7(11) Dm9 Dm7
Rhythm: 104 BPM / 8 Beat
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, Yamaha PSR-740, Kurzweil PC88mx, miniNova, Boss DigiTech RP3)
From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderVenus
LYRICS
Goddess Venus,
Please connect us
A heart too far apart
Are our hearts torn to parts
Fluttering like a butterfly
Catch a drift soaring high
Unwavering am I
Cross my heart an hope to die
Connecting is ever stranger
No longer is longing longer
Pounding forever stronger
Coming together together
Intertwine with the divine
Alive and doing fine
Letting the love shine
Crossing the finishing line
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A9 Em / A9 A7
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live
Vocals, Guitar
In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek Aphrodite.
From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderMajor Ordeal
LYRICS
You’ve made yourself a major ordeal
For real
The sergeants and lieutenants promoted each other
Into the fraternal order of the brother
Now they’re all a major ordeal
With far less public appeal
You’ve made yourself a major ordeal
For real
The Mayor behind closed doors makin’ a secret deal
With a nod and a wink the deal she’ll seal
Throwing her weight… she couldn’t wait to create a real ordeal
You’ve made yourself a major ordeal
For real
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E G#mM7 / A7 E7
Recording: live
Vocals, Guitar
Bill Kucera – Lead Guitar on the Instrumental
A song about police corruption in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets. Recorded at Everhart Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.
From the album Gay Church
bookmark_border‘lil Thing
LYRICS
Wondering how such a little thing
Can bring
So much joy
Blundering… yes, such a little thing
I’m mumbling
Spoiled my coy
Singing how such a little thing
Can bring
Enjoy!
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: E7 E A7
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live
Vocals, Guitar
From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderQuite Wrong
LYRICS
If they say you’ve got to grin and bare it
Are they aware you don’t want to hear it
Raise your voice by choice and dare to share it
[verses whispered]
Something’s quite wrong
Corruption’s going on
For way too long
Policeman as the con
Something’s quite wrong
Corruption’s going on
The Mayor’s a player
Justice delayer
Something’s quite wrong
Corruption’s going on
Shocking disbelief
In the police chief
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A E D A / C E
Recording: live
Vocals, Guitar
A song about police corruption in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets. Recorded at Everhart Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.
From the album Gay Church
bookmark_borderThe Air We Share
LYRICS
Your mark
Get set
Go!
Getting
In the
Know
Upon review, yes, I do really miss you
Won’t compare less you’re there to share the air
Your mark
Get set
Go!
Let the
Feelings
Flow
Upon reveal can’t conceal how I really feel
Now through the air that we share… I dream you’re there
Your mark
Get set
Go!
Watching
The love
Grow
From here to there… it’s everywhere making absence rare
It fills the space between the place as though we are face-to-face
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A G E / D Dsus2 E E7
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live
Vocals, Guitar
From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderCosmo Swaddlin’
LYRICS
by Ashley Struempfler
Wrapped at birth with a gift from my own kin
A welcome into the world so this Pisces could swim
My parents love warmed him so perfectly
He knew his special blanket was needed for me
The spirit of a child spirit knows what you love you set free
The amount of cloth always covered me throughout the night
With their love and my blankie I always felt swaddled tight
I found a man who wrapped me up for quite a while
The polka dots on my blanket did not compare to our style
I believed then that our love was the only one worth while
We wove a blanket to warm both him and me
My old one was useless so I left it be
Life put pressure on the seams one night
Blanket ripped off ; completely out of sight
I tried to repair it with all my might
The tear happened seemingly right
Something in me had to ignite
No longer snuggled with the warmth of our love
I had no other choice then to look above
The heat rose within and the message was given to me
If you love something – set it free
Swaddled in the cosmos you’ll forever be
Reborn with a different set of lenses to see
A new understanding of love in all the forms it can be
But no epiphany will ever set your pain free
I knew there was a long road ahead; a great plan created for me
Hardly handling the nature of the heat reawakened in me
I resisted being wrapped; I didn’t think I was worthy
So I nuzzled into other blankets I would see
But I knew all along none of them would let me sleep as soundly
Being cuddled in fear just hid my beauty
So I drove home and there was all I ever needed all along
My blankie, family, that non stop song
A thought came over me
That If I loved myself unconditionally
I could cozy up and set myself free
Feeling forever safe and freed from my past
With a heart open; Romance returned just so fast
I stretched my blanket out ; but it just didn’t last
We could have made a new one; started to sow
But we knew the effects would start to show
Still longing for your love over the rest
Cosmos reminded me it was for the best
You’ll be swaddled with care – limbs flowing free
You can’t restrict love – don’t you see?
So I began to let the love flow outwardly
Steps continuously moving forwardly
I picked up Captain Cook leaving the Land of mystery
From a distance I could tell he was as lost as me
I got a long way back to Salt Lake City
Just Searching for the sun after this reprieve
.
He was burned and abandoned by those Who made me once feel secure
But just as quickly through him out their door
Just trying to make it home somehow stuck in women’s panties.
I had to help the pirate that smelled of incense and patties.
I don’t have fear when I act from love
Maybe one day this fool will learn
Read him his cards – he commented on my glow
Our encounter means more than we’ll both ever know
All I could offer was a ride and some tea
He Left his scarf and some wise words for me
It’s been everywhere you see – I love it, but I’m not cold anymore – so I must set it free
I’m back on my search for the Tao
So here’s a blanket – it’s yours now
I love both you and it so both had to be set free
I knew it was time for you to feel how warm you could be
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em C D
Recording: live and impromptu in the park
Ashley Struempfler: Vocals
Daniel Brouse: Guitar
Written near the corner of Gay and Church Streets. Recorded at Everhart Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.
From the album Gay Church
bookmark_borderHeart Over The Moon
LYRICS
My heart is over the moon
For the swan I swoon
Coming on none to soon
Feeling the full moon loon
Crazy in love
Hazy because
Crazy in love
Symbolic dove
With olive branch
Giving peace a chance
In nature’s church
Cupid’s arrows lance
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: C G / D G / A C
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live
Vocals, Guitar
From the album You Are On
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderThe Pig Slop Stomp
LYRICS
The pig is at the trough
Doing what he does best
When it comes to slop… never gets enough
If you think you’re winning the battle
You’re really losing the war
Even though the saber you rattle
You’re really losing the war, for sure
The pig is in the mud
Just like all the rest
Living in the rough… pulling his pud
Chorus
The pig is ready for slaughter
Put to sleep with the captain’s daughter
Outta the pan… into the fire… getting hotter
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: D A E / A E / A G A C A
Recording: live
Vocals, Guitar
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets. Recorded at Everhart Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.
From the album Gay Church
bookmark_borderPigfree
INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: G7 G D / D A C
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderHammer On E
INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords: E7 hammer on E / A D G
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse
bookmark_borderEverything Is Free In America
LYRICS
Everything is free in America
Except for the price of freedom
Freedom lost of freedom won
Militant public servant
Freedom in America? Ha, ha, ha! Na, na, na
Freedom in America led (bred) by the dumb, dumb, dumb
Everything is free in America
Except for the price of freedom
Constitution come undone
Then you’ve the nerve to say “U.S.A.”?
Everything is free in America
Except for the price of freedom
What is the cost of freedom?
[Marty says no more party]
Everything Is Free In America.mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A Em / D G
Recording: live
Vocals, Guitar
Written at the corner of Gay and Church Streets. Recorded at Marshall Square Park in Chester County, West Chester, PA.
From the album Gay Church
bookmark_borderAmerican Woman
Coversong originally made famous by The Guess Who and Lenny Kravitz
Written by Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale, Randy Bachman
American Woman Inauguration Version.mp4
American Woman Inauguration Version.mp3
American Woman on the 4th of July.mp3
E A7 American woman, gonna mess your mind. (Ad-lib spelling) G A E G A E American woman, stay away from me. American woman, momma let me be. Don't come a hangin' around my door, I don't wanna see your face no more. I got more important things to do, than spend my time growin' old with you. Now woman, I said stay away. American woman, listen what I sa-----y. Colored lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else's eyes Now woman, get away American woman, listen what I say Chorus I don't need your war machines I don't need your ghetto scenes Colored lights can hypnotize Sparkle someone else's eyes I gotta go I gotta getta away Think I gotta go I want to fly away I'm gonna leave you woman Bye bye, bye bye And I'm no good for you (American woman) I'm looking at you right in the eye I'll tell you what I'm gonna do (American woman) I'm gonna leave you woman
American Woman (with Bill Kucera).mp3
ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Classic Rock
Recording: digital 1-track stereo / recorded live
Inauguration version: digital 16-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar
Inauguration version: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards and Synthesizers
From the album You Are On
bookmark_borderForward And Reverse
INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
Forward: E A G E
Reverse: E G A E
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse