Tag: alternative rock

bookmark_borderWar On Cancer

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LYRICS
We’ve got a war on cancer
The only problem…
The cancer’s in her
The war on the goblin
The issue at heart
Hard to tell them apart

Throw out the baby
With the bath water
What about maybe
We try to save her?

We’ve got a war on terror
The only error
The terror of terror
I just don’t know
Can we wage war on a shadow
Here we go
Throw out the baby
With the bath water
What about maybe
We try to save her?

We’ve got a war on war
We just can’t wait
Fighting hate with hate
The real debate
Can you hate hate?
Ahhh… it’s too late
Throw out the baby
With the bath water
What about maybe
We try to save her?

War On Cancer.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: F# F E / G E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Future Past Life Blues

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LYRICS
I read, “The late Alfred Doe”
Late? He’s really dead, though
Beyond tired…
Expired
Beyond past due
He’s through
I’ve got the future past life blues
When I die
Hope you stop by
n’ say “hi” and “good-bye”
When I die
Hope you stop by
Or at least try

I heard, “The late Jane Doe”
Late? At her rate…
Died in the fast lane, though
All horizontal
Open casket… full frontal
I’ve got the future past life blues

When they say I’m dead and gone
Sing that “Jolly Good Fellow” song
Any time of me you think
Raise your glass and toast a drink
I’ve got the future past life blues

Future Past Life Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E G A E B7 A E / G A E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJigsaw Puzzle

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LYRICS
I saw a jigsaw
Puzzle
Fallen to pieces
Broken… old
New life leases
Put together
Escaping never
Trying to get the picture
To ensure we’ll endure
The art of the parts into a dream scene

I can’t wait to see what we’ll be
Our part in the heart of art
The puzzle’s solution
Our evolution

How long will we be together
Can it last forever and ever
Will someone start to pull us apart
Once they dismember will they remember
… will they begin to make us whole again?

Jigsaw Puzzle.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about a puzzle in the doctor’s waiting room as a metaphor for human life.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am C E / E C A / C E Am
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderObsolescence

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LYRICS
The fading scene of the magazine
Once the scourge of the forest
Now it’s being put to rest
Soon I hope to see
The same thing happen to TV

Maybe we can learn to earn
The need to earn to learn
An appreciation for the acquisition
Of knowledge as privilege

Today and forever more
Banished to a waiting room
In the fading light of glory before
Parent of an empty womb

With any luck, reincarnated
Instead of to the garbage fated
Recycled to a new life form
A birthday to be reborn

The fading scene of the magazine
Once the scourge of the forest
Now it’s being put to rest
… think it’s best

Obsolescence.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about the magazines in the doctor’s waiting room as a metaphor for human life.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C Am Em / C Am F D / D A / C F D
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderYer Blues

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Coversong originally made famous by The Beatles

“Yer Blues” is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their titular 1968 album The Beatles, also known as “The White Album”. Though credited to Lennon–McCartney, the song was written and composed by John Lennon during the Beatles’ retreat in Rishikesh, India.

The song is believed to be a satirical reference to white English boys trying to sing the blues.

        E                 E7+9
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
        A            E
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
   G
If I ain't dead already
B7                            E    A  E  B7
Ooh girl you know the reason why.
In the morning wanna die
In the evening wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why.
E                         A E
My mother was of the sky
E                         A E
My father was of the earth
E                         A E
But I am of the universe
And you know what it's worth

I'm lonely (verse)
The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bone
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Lonely (verse)

Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
Want to die
Yeah, want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why

Yer Blues.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs from in doctors’ waiting rooms]

bookmark_borderThe Great Unknown

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LYRICS
How long?
Then, when?
Will we right the wrong?
Welcome to the unknown zone

We’re sure we’re unsure
OF the suffering to endure
Gain the knowledge of pain
Or in bliss remain?

Welcome to the unknown zone
No help to cry. No help to moan.
Hoping I’m not alone
For the raising of the spirit
Ahhh… Want to hear it

A song that makes us smile
Been unknown for quite a while
No longer own the unknown
For I know it’s true:
I love you
Yes, I do

The Great Unknown.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C F G / C G / C G7
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLingualess

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An instrumental album by A Bizarre Bazaar
Keyboards and Synthesizers: Korg PS60, MicroKorg, MiniNova, Yamaha PSR-740, Kurzweil 88Mx, Alesis Live Lite
Guitars: Takamine and Ibanez Acoustic / Electric 6-string

Lingualess

bookmark_borderThe Pendulum

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LYRICS
Watching the pendulum swing
Perpetual dumb on the wing
You can try and try
Piling lie upon lie
But you can’t make the truth die

The nation gasps a collective sigh
Dumbfounded… why, why, why?
The scales of justice must balance
At heaven’s gate there’s no second chance

Watching the pendulum swing
It’s time to question everything
Though you try and try
Supporting a lie with a lie
You know you can’t make the truth die

Watching the pendulum swing
Certain the future will bring
Justice for us
The truth we’ll unveil
We’ll prevail
Making the call
Justice for all

The Pendulum.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song written at the doctor’s office about repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Dm C / G Dm
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Boss Digital Delay

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

Band together and join THE RESISTANCE

bookmark_borderHearts Attack

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Hearts Attack.mp3

Hearts Attack
Hearts Attack

LYRICS
Before it was too late
The hearts heard of the hate
Arm me with an army
Heart attacks
Plug the holes where love lacks
Hearts attack
The humanity comeback

Before it was too late
The hearts heard of our fate
A leg up… arm me
Heart attacks
Quadruple bypass where love lacks
Heart attacks
The flow of love comes back

Sure hope it’s not too late
For your heart to participate
Early heart attack care
Are you aware?
It’s time to start
Arm your heart
Pick up love’s slack… attack!

ABOUT THE SONG
While sitting in the hospital’s waiting room, I saw a brochure entitled “Early Heart Attack Care”. It inspired a song about the love in your heart.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Em G / A / D A Em
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPicture This

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LYRICS
Spend your life hanging on a wall
Wondering if anyone is looking at all
Canvasing the canvas with finesse
A pallet of colors for a dress
Picture this
A perfect world… nothing amiss
Picture this
Spotlight above gives a light kiss

Do you know Rembrandt or Picasso
Have you had a brush with fame
The unique aura that you throw
No two quite the same
[chorus]

Forever in a static state
Never to escape your landscape
All you life you wait and wait
To be auctioned at estate
[chorus]

Picture This.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
While waiting in a waiting room, I saw a picture hanging around. She reminded me of a metaphor about wanting to be famous.

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Am Asus4 / C Em Am / Em Am
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHear Through

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LYRICS
Ear true
Hear through
The ether
Clean the wounds form salts
Rub them in a waltz
Fixer elixir of the soul
Fill with rock and roll
Dance can reign you clean
Polished with music for the sheen
Just for you
Ear true
Hear through
The ether
Endless tether
GO on for ever and ever
Light as a feather
A spiritual endeavor
Void of time
Full of space
Muteless mime
Not a trace
Ear true
Hear through

Hear Through.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em Bdim / G C Em / Bdim Am G F Em / Bdim Dm F Em
Rhythm: 110 BPM Vienna Waltz
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album The Bleeding Edge
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOur Rush Hour

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LYRICS
Our rush hour
Voltage thread
Display of power
’til but one dead
Understanding
Last man standing
Meaning we’re all going to die
Procreate alone? No, not I
No matter how hard I try
Our race to end our race
Congratulation! First place
[We’ve got a winner… want a cigar or mug of beer? I fear]
Will there be later
In this simulator
Folklore failure
Of the incubator
The premature
Exterminator
Outta luck
Better duck
’cause it’s a cluster#uck

Our Rush Hour.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: C D G / G D C / E C A / A C G
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe World In Flux

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LYRICS
In case you are mixed up
The world is a flux
It keeps on changing
If times are the same
Why the different name
All the rearranging

Et tu, Brutus?
In the back of all of us
Shaking my head in disgust
… kicking up dust

What will it take
Not to make the same mistake
Is flux a fake
An in the grass snake?

Wading in the sands of time
Will I find…
I’m sinking quick (sand quicksand quick sand)
Can anytime be mine
Will I find
I’m a fleeting man, and….

The World In Flux.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Heraclitus (535 – 475 BC)
Heraclitus was famous for his insistence on ever-present change as being the fundamental essence of the universe, as stated in the famous saying, “No man ever steps in the same river twice”

Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: Asus A7 / G7 A7
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSlows

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Slows.mp3

LYRICS
Chinese water torture
Drip, drip, drip
Wait for the future
Tick, tick, tick
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

Patients’ patience endure
How much more
Wait for the future
Tick, tock, tick
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

No debate… running late
Flip-flop, flip-flop
Slowing time’s rate
Tick-tock, tick-tock
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

Hurry up and wait
Stop, stop, stop, stop
The moments hesitate
Tick-tock, tick-tock
You know how it goes
Waiting as time slows

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E / C A E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOn The Lighter Side

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LYRICS
Heavy on the light side
Light on the bright side
Making the gray go away
Growing more and more leery
Of reigning on the dreary
May sunlight’s ray
Come your way
Sunshine does fine
To lighten your day

Growing more and more tired
Of bureaucrats mired
May politicians you slay
Clear the way
Logic is quick
To save the day

Growing more and more certain
Our love will grow again
May sunlight’s ray
Come your way
Sunshine does fine
To lighten your day

On The Lighter Side.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E G A / G E
Recording: live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Doctor Please! Doctor, Please!
[Songs written in doctors’ waiting rooms]
by Daniel Brouse