Tag: Daily Lessons

bookmark_borderTale Of Dust

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LYRICS
Leaving a tail/tale of dust
With zeal and a lust
Takin’ in what will have been
Don’t let today
Pass-away
Take it in while you can

Leaving a tale/tail of dust
No way we can rust
Takin’ in what will have been
Won’t let today
Fade away
Panoramic memory

The good thing about memory
At any age it ain’t baggage

Tale Of Dust Music Video.mp4

Tale Of Dust.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open G Tuning
open, 1st fret
1, 5, 5, 1, open
7, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Open –> 3

Daniel — Vocals, Slide Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFreak Of Nature

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LYRICS
Golly! Lookie see
There’s a bee flying straight at me
Holy! Helter skelter
Seek shelter from that woodpecker
My, oh, my
see that dragonfly
Helicopter raptor that wants me to die
But the most dangerous…
But the most dangerous is us

Where have we been
Nature rules again

Freak Of Nature.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
open, 2nd fret, 3rd fret
3, 2, open
7, 5, 3, 2, open

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDust To Dust

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LYRICS
What are you doing
Said you’d be moving
Looks more like dozing

You’re hardly showing
It’s time to get going
Get movement flowing

Before you’re knowing
The curtain’s closing
Dust is blowing…
In the wind
Death rescind?

Dust in the wind
Rust won’t rescind

Dust To Dust.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Open D tuning
3nd Fret, 2rd Fret, open
12, 13, 14
3 –> 12

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLabor Of Love

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LYRICS
I want to know
Why is everyone working so slow?
On holiday
I don’t collect any pay

In the land where nothing’s free
Except for the air inside of me

Hey, hey, hey! Laborless on labor day
Laborer… please be a neighbor

Where do you get off
Taking another paid day off
When you’re clocked in
Still aloof time and time again

Chorus

Labor Of Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G A
A E
C E
C A

A song about the Labor Day holiday.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Whistling, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex to laptop running Korg software; also has a midi cable to the microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderChoose Or Lose (Pick A Winner)

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LYRICS
Why don’t you go ahead and choose
After all what do you have to lose?
You’ve been blessed with a human mind
Please be kind… see what you can find

How can you live in indecision
That living’s more like dying
Create a synapse collision
It’ll sure be worth trying

You have to choose not to choose
Eliminating that choice
Living life is paying dues
Might as well raise your voice

What hat are you wearing
Try on your thinking-cap
Likely end up caring
And want to plot the map

 

Choose Or Lose.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D E G D
D E G A
D G7

Written and recorded as a live in Ambler, Montgomery County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRubber Chicken!

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LYRICS
Smash a watermelon
With a sledgehammer
What does it take to make you laugh
Can you help me do the math
Robber chicken!
Do that gag again

Tripping over the ottoman
Dick Van Dyke was quite the man
Curly, Moe and Larry, too
Knew exactly what to do
Robber chicken!
Do that gag again

Chevy Chase could take a fall
Saturday night they’d do it all
Throwback to a pie in face
Comedic timing of pure grace
Robber chicken!
Do that gag again

Rubber Chicken.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G A G D G
A G
E

This song was inspired by sight gags, slapstick and physical comedy.

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLeft Turn At Albuquerque

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LYRICS
How did I end up here
Situations not clear
A man with a badge standing there
Acting like he doesn’t care

Don’t just stand and stare
Who ever said life is fair?

Only thing to fear is fear
Holdin’ on to things too dear
It’s time we are more aware
And car isn’t so rare

Time to awake
Goodness for goodness sake

Which direction will we go
Does anybody really know
Caught in a rift adrift
Missing the daily gift

Remember along the way
To give thanks for every day

Left Turn At Albuquerque.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C# D
Em A Em

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFingernails On Thin Ice

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LYRICS
Trying to grab by my fingernails
’cause right now what ails is what fails
The thin ice
Crackin’ me up

Fingernails down a blackboard
Sending shivers… shivers up and down my spine
yeeeeeah
Not sure if it’s fine
Sending shivers up and down my spine
The claw
Of it all
The claw of it all
As the fingertips go down
The chalkboard
Blackboard
The slate
At any rate
It sends shivers, chills
It spills chills
Up and down the spine
My spine
Ahhhhhhh
It’s intertwined
With pain
You’d have to be insane
Caught up in your own vain
Injecting vain into your vein
’till you feel no pain

The down side is you’re the pain
Driving us insane
The thin ice
It’s the fingers and the slate
Could drive a man irate
By the fingernails
What ails is what fails

The thin ice

Fingernails On Thin Ice.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F# or Gb
Abm Ab5
AbmM7

160 BPM increasing / Rock & Roll 2

An extemporaneous / impromptu song captured live as a 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex to laptop running Korg software; also has a midi cable to the microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDamn The Torpedoes

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LYRICS
Damn the torpedoes
Hell or high-water
We’re gettin’ outta here

Throw rotten tomatoes
Do what we gotta
Living without fear

Do what I got to do
To break on through
Do what I got to do
And, I’ll take you, too

Up shit’s crick without a paddle
I know to row/go with the flow
Fall off the horse get back on the saddle
Set sail when winds blow

Damn The Torpedoes Music Video.mp4

Damn The Torpedoes.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E, -b, -e
A D G

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording at Marshall Square Park in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Sands Of Time

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LYRICS
The grains in the hourglass drain
The sands of time are fine
Against course reality

Try not to miss the kiss of life’s lips
Spreading the seed to let love breed

On our ride to the otherside
Givin’ more than we take in
Directing our energy
Creating our destiny

Chorus

Heaven’s gate will have to wait
I’ve more to do… how ’bout you?
We can move Heaven and Earth
Before our dirge and re-birth

Chorus

Sands Of Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm Bb
Dm Am Em

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe System

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The System.mp3

LYRICS
You know we’re all suckin’ off the system
I know I am
Very clear what’s going on here
It started with my Mom’s teat
… but, we all gotta eat

Ya, we’re all sucking off the same hose
Everyone knows

It’s more about your need
More about the greed
Starting with your Mom’s teat
We’ve all got to eat

No surprise when you realize right before your eyes
We’re all suckin’ off the system
I know I am
But, I know I’ll do what can
How about you

We strive to stay alive
Survival of the fittest
Who is best?
My, oh, my
What will be my best fit
Even if I don’t like it a bit

Every day when I wake
See how much I can take
Gotta see what I can be
Gotta see what’s inside of me

I know, I know, I know
We’re all suckin’ off the same hose
I know, I know
How the water will flow
We’re all suckin’ of the system
I am…
I know I am
Gonna do what I can do
Hope you will, too
See what we can be
I know
About the flow
I know I am
Suckin’ off the system

Suckin’ off the system
I know I am
Started with my mother’s teat
We all gotta eat

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em B

128 BPM increasing / Rock & Roll

An extemporaneous / impromptu song captured live as a 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex to laptop running Korg software; also has midi cable to microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHome

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LYRICS
Hurling through space on this land mass
Around the sun make one more pass
Awful glad we’re nomad
The best times we’ve ever had

You can only be coming home
By making home where you roam

Using Earth as our mothership
Hoping we learn some stewardship
Time to get our house in shape
Starting to give instead of take

Chorus

Easy to see we’re merely gypsies
Making our wagon from earth and seas
Traveling through time… traveling through space
Calling the journey our sovereign place

Home.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A D A E A
E C A
C E A

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn Common

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In Common.mp3

LYRICS
Right before my eyes I start to realize
Common sense is hard to come by
And, I don’t know why

None to be found
None around

Right before my I’s, I start to realize
Common sense is hard to come by
And, I don’t know why

If all I do is “I, I, I, me, me, me”
It’s easy to see
No surprise
My demise

Right before my eyes I start to realize
Common sense is hard to come by
And, I don’t know why

How can you have more space
If space is nothing
How can you have more nothing
And find a trace?

(trip)

Right before my I’s, I start to realize
Common sense is hard to come by
And, I don’t know why

It seems that this I
The I I eye
Coming to think… it’s inevitable
That I’ll be unable…
I mean, we’re all gonna die
I don’t care why

(skip and a jump / time slide faster)

Common sense is hard to come by
But you’d better try
Not just some sort-of pie-in-sky
Get a grasp
At last

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F Fm Cm C

85 BPM increasing / Slow Rock

An extemporaneous / impromptu song captured live as a 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; Korg N364), Controller and Computer (Alesis Vortex to laptop running Korg software; also has midi cable to microKorg)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWingnuts

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LYRICS
Right wing. Left wing.
Hear them sing
Thinking they’re the only thing
Left wing. Right wing.
Here’s the thing
Coming to our table with nothing to bring

The wind of change is starting to blow
Time to re-arrange… time for them to go

Right wing. Left wing.
All ding-a-ling
Thinking they’re the only thing
Left wing. Right wing.
Bird can’t fly
No co-operating… any wonder why?

Chorus

Right wing. Left wing.
Whole thing’s stinkin’
Makes ya wonder what the hell they are thinkin’
Left wing. Right wing. All are freakin’
Waitin’ to see who’s the first one blinkin’

Chorus

Wingnuts.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G A C
E C A E

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBusiness As Usual

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LYRICS
As one can plainly see
There’s something wrong in D.C.
Politicians line their pockets
Popping eyeballs from their sockets

Dropping jaws hit the floor
No more! It’s all I can endure
You turn my vote into rote
Then you gloat on your lavish bloat

Taking advantage of me
Taking our “be” gladly
Public servant’s been bent
On the trust we’ve lent

Chorus

Fat cat feeds the hypocrite
No one seems to care a bit
The elite spreading deceit
The public should unseat

Chorus

Business As Usual.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em G
G C Am G

Written and recorded as a live 1-track stereo recording in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse