Category: Mother Nature’s Sons

bookmark_borderA Beauty

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LYRICS
Do you see the beauty in the entirety?
Do you see the entirety in the beauty?
Except for there where Killroy’s here
I’ve become aware of what I hear
I see the beauty [Do you? Do you….]
It’s found all around
In the sound
All around

Do you feel the beauty in the entirety?
Do you feel the entirety in the beauty?
Except for where man’s left his mark
The light overtakes the dark
I see the beauty [Do you? Do you….]
It’s found all around
In the sound
All around

Do you see the beauty in the entirety?
Do you see the entirety in the beauty?
Except for the scars of mankind
I kind-of love the beauty in all I find
I see the beauty [Do you? Do you….]
It’s found all around
In the sound
All around

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em Em7+a / C D Em / A7sus4 Em7 Em7(11); 102 BPM Ambient
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderIn the Twilight of the Light

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LYRICS
In the twilight of the light
Comes the night
Our closest star, the Sun
Becomes done (undone, done, undone)
The light before us
Too bright to be a star
Nor, that far
Is Venus
The planet of love
Shinning in from above

In the twilight of the light
Comes the night
Our closest star, the Sun
Becomes done (undone, done, undone)
The light before us
Too bright to be a star
Nor, that far
… Mercury
We see Mercury
The God of speed
Witnessing our deed

In the twilight of the light
Went the night

In the Twilight of the Light.mp3

In the Twilight of the Light Postlude.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: A7sus4 Asus4 (Em7sus4 Emsus4) A7 A B7; 101 BPM Ambient #1
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Culminating

bookmark_borderBird’s-eye View

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LYRICS
Giving me the bird’s-eye view
Yes, that is what you do
Squawk talk
Cock your head
Sit there and stare
Making me squirm
Regurgitating worm
Into the mouth of the babe
You wade
Into the mouth of the babe
You made

Less we forget the rest
Sooner of later… empty nest
Not chicken… flew the coop
Now, mama’s out of the loop
Maybe then the evil eye
Will die

Bird’s-eye View.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: C A D9 A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderGoing Down

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LYRICS
You can sense the clouds’ power
As they tower
Ominous must
When the could bursts bust
It’s going down
The falling down

Belittle Chicken Little?
The sky IS falling
Man, this is no boy
Wolf calling

Hey diddle diddle man in the moon
Can you tell me soon
Need a cat with a fiddle
Dogging on spoons
Answer the riddle
Is it going down
Is it coming down

Going Down.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em G Am D / D Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderHell Or High Water

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LYRICS
Come it hell
Because, well
In high water
What’s the matter
If you’re nailed down
You’re going to drown

Wading in… into the flood
Covered by… covered by mud
Better run around
Hatches battened down

When the water’s on the rise
Puts perspective on your size
Soaking in it… up to my eyes

Seems like all will dishevel
Now that we’re past flood level
Come high water
Come it hell

Hell Or High Water.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em D / D Eb Em / C D Em
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderRed Sky

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LYRICS
Red sky in the evening
Wailers’ delight
Red sky in the morning
Give wailers a fright
Learning to heed warning
She’s telling you, “Here’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming on fast
She’s telling you, “Here’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming at last

Red sky in the morning
Wailers take warning
Red sky at night
Give wailers delight
She’s telling you, “Here’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming on fast
She’s telling you, “Hear’s a clue!”
Natural forecast is coming at last

Red Sky.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Folk
Chords: C G / C G D A C E A / D A
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania on the 2018 summer solstice.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderRunning Low

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LYRICS
Can you run to the store
And get some more?
Wouldn’t you know
Supplies run low
Don’t want to cry
Thinking I’ll die
The depth and breadth
Of starving to death

Look at the shelves
There’s nothing there
Open the cupboard
Completely bare
Go to the pantry
There’s nothing to see
From country to city
Somebody feed me?

Cornucopia spilling
Yet, somehow less filling
Cup runneth over
Yet, I’m left sober

Running Low.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Folk
Chords: F# C# / F# A / F# A B F#
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA on the summer solstice. (2018)
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderIt’s So Hot….

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LYRICS
’cause when I try
To see the sky
It’s so hot
I see why not
If I don’t die
I’ll surely fry
And If I try
To tear and cry
It’s so hot
I see why not
If I try n’ cry
The ducts run dry
Wade into shade
The heat won’t fade
It’s so hot
I see why not
Inside the oven
There’s no escapin’
Like six of one
Or half a dozen
It’s all the same
When the heat’s insance
Sizzlin’ I am
Sizzlin’
I’m sizzlin’

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Em C G D / A D
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderThe Great Unknown

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LYRICS
Is there any place you own
Out in the great unknown?
Did you happen to save a cave
A quasi-hermit habitat
Or some place such as that?
Further out than under a bridge
Yet/Left undiscovered by the kids
A higher path than on the ridge
Yet/Left undercover without lids
Gone reeling/realing through the ceiling
Far, far away yet at home
Far, far away the great unknown
Can you ever be alone with yourself
Ask the elf on the shelf
Can you ever be alone with yourself?
Ah, the great unknown
If you ask me
How can that be
I guess me, myself and I are we
Alone in the great unknown

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: BbM7 Bb Dm GbM7; 110 BPM Rave
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderFly, Dragonfly, Fly

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LYRICS
With that look
You’d think you’d spook
On a hook
You’re a prehistoric dish
For a post-modern fish
Can you imagine this:
Swimming around
Submerged in a lake
What nature serves
Is grateful intake
Fly, dragonfly, fly
Fly, fly, fly
You’re about to die
In case you missed it
Survival of the fit

With that look
Who’d think you’d cook
Off the hook
Homo sapien’s dish
Is the postmortem fish
Can you imagine this?
I sure can
From frying pan
Into man

Fly, Dragonfly, Fly.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: D G C D / D-d D A7
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania after watching a dragonfly moult, emerge and fly away.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderPrayer Request

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LYRICS
God, though you may find it odd
I hope I’m not asking for too much
I pray I’m not asking for too much
With all their suffering and such
But could you please
Turn up the breeze…
Just a little more
Believe it or not, that’s what I’m asking for
Please turn up the breeze
Yest, that’s it
Please turn up the breeze just a little bit
Forgive me for the tantrum
Forgive me for the fit
God damn it!
Turn up the breeze just a little bit

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: E E+c# E-b / C A / C E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Recorded at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderHow To Flow

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LYRICS
The wind whips water into waves
Creating a current that behaves

The water runs away
While running to, too
It happens everyday
Hope to notice, I do

A pebble settles on the water
The ripple swells ever further

With I’d the know-how of fish
For sure, know how to flow

How To Flow.mp3

How To Flow.mp4

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: G Bm Em / C Am Em
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Record at Lake Wynonah, Pennsylvania on June 8, 2018.
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderThe Webmaster

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LYRICS
Precariously positioned
Prepared to pounce
Not a pound of mercy
Not even an ounce
Threads of the web
Woven and spun
Sit in lay for the prey
Until it’s done

Feast like a beast
On blood and guts
Dog eat dog released
In a world gone nuts

But for lack of chops
You’d be licking them lots
Pavlov’s rule you would drool
The haves have the have nots

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: Am7 D7 Bbm6 / Am E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

bookmark_borderBright One

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LYRICS
My father would say to me
Come on, Son
Try n’ get your facts straight
Bright one
My Mother would say to me
Come on, Son
Try n’ get your facts straight
Bright one
Is it too late?
At any rate…
How exactly is it done?
I don’t care if the battle’s won
If a loss is the war
I don’t want any more
No, no more!

My grand father would say to me (etc.)

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: Capo 2 (F#) E / A G E / E A B7; 156 BPM Jazz
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCountry Waltz

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LYRICS
Hey! Wait for me!
I’m just trying to see
What’s ahead… more clearly
Should you have an urge
To build a bridge
Or perhaps swerve
Around a curve

Say, “Wait for me!”
If you’re trying to see
Ahead more clearly
Should we have the urge
To converge
And figure how to yield
At the merge

Hey! Wait for we!
We’re just trying to be
What’s a head… more dearly
… more clearly

Country Waltz.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Country Waltz
Chords: E7sus4 E Em11 / C D E
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Cracked Open
by Daniel Brouse