bookmark_border20:20 The Grand Finale

LYRICS
For this one, we’ll just add a D
So we can do our grand finale
It’s all coming to me
I can see
I can see clearly
I can see eternity
I can see clearly to eternity
Obviously, I can see what’s behind me
I can see clearly
Yes, hindsight gives me the insight
To see clearly
I can see
20:20
I can see
20:20 from here to eternity

Black and The Berry Whites: — 20:20 “The Grand Finale”.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: G C D
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Daniel: Vocals, Guitar
Tomcat Bob: Banjo

From the album Black and the Berry Whites

bookmark_borderI See C

LYRICS
I suggest we add a chord
And the chord I see
In my mind’s eye
Is C
When I say I see in my mind’s eye
I mean I C
G, very clever

I can see clearly
I can see
Clearly

I can see clearly
I can see eternity
Above the clouds, beyond
It’s shinning on

I can see eternity
I can see
I can see clearly
I can see

I can see clearly to eternity

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: G C
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Daniel: Vocals, Guitar, Whistling
Tomcat Bob: Banjo

From the album Black and the Berry Whites

bookmark_borderThe G-string

LYRICS
This is a song about the g-string
If you play the banjo, you know…
Or play the guitar, and want to go far
One of the more important things
Is the g-string
A G7 will send you to heaven
A g-string
Now, that’s the thing

Black and The Berry Whites “The G-string”.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: G G7
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Daniel: Vocals, Guitar
Tomcat Bob: Banjo

From the album Black and the Berry Whites

bookmark_borderGypsy Swing Thing

LYRICS
Hey, gypsy thing
Come sing
Hey, gypsy thing
Won’t you come and sing
Hey, gypsy thing
Won’t you come out and sing
Hey, gypsy thing
Won’t you come out and sing
Now, here’s the thing
The Gypsy Swing
Hey, gypsy thing
Won’t you come out and sing
Hey, gypsy thing
Won’t you come out and swing

Black and The Berry Whites “Gypsy Swing Thing”.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: G
Recording: live / original take / digital 1-track stereo
Daniel: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Tomcat Bob: Banjo

From the album Black and the Berry Whites

bookmark_borderExtemporaneous Experiment

LYRICS
A snake charming hippie with his hair cut long
Tried to claim he knew the song
Couldn’t really help being wrong
’cause I make them up as I go along
All of us in an extemporaneous
Experiment
I think he got what I meant

A voodoo princess said she can’t miss this
As we stood, staring over the precipice
An impromptu voodoo rendezvous
In the groove move prove the hypothesis
(can’t miss this precipice)
All of us in an extemporaneous
Experiment
I think she got what I meant

An angel of mercy appeared in the choir
As trumpets rang out for the town crier
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! — royal decree
You create heaven on Earth, if you desire
All of us in an extemporaneous
Experiment
I think he got what I meant

Extemporaneous Experiment (Music Video).mp4

Extemporaneous Experiment.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about creating extemporaneous music.

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em G F# Em / A Em
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album The End Game
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOne Is One

LYRICS
What you think you see ….
Is that reality?
Basically
Your reality is killing me

Oh please save me
From your reality
Your reality
Is killing me

One is one
You can’t make it undone
Two is two, too
The definition is not up to you

After all….
Who is the biggest killer of us all
It’d be us by far
No need to fear
Of them reaching near
It would be us by far

One Is One.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bm Bdim Em7

142 BPM / Slow Big Band

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBetween The Lines

LYRICS
Reading minds
Reading between the lines
Which kind want to be kind?
Read between the lines
One finds
Reading between the lines
They’re reading minds

Man’s maneuvers
Purveyors of slayers

Come on groovers
Come on players
Help maneuver the movers
And, say “hey!” to the slayers
Hey! Don’t slay
In essence, this isn’t rocket science
Reading minds
Reading between the lines

Between The Lines Music Video.mp4

Between The Lines.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bm Bdim Em7

142 BPM / Slow Big Band

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTangled In Not’s

LYRICS
As the NOT’s in the climate tangle
Need to wrangle a new angle
As the NOT’s in the climate knot
The knot of the winds increase
Sustained winds that wouldn’t cease
Then, the rain came down all around
Until the ground was awash in a flood
Up to my eyeballs in gook, muck and mud

The have’s and the have not’s
All have knots
All have knot
All in knots
Over having “not”

All the world is a stage in The Damage Age

Force 12
Hurricane’s off the shelve
Starting out at 64 knot
Yet not
Done
Sure ain’t no whatnot
Better run
Yell, fella, “To the storm cellar!”

Tangled In Not’s.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C C# Cm C#m

A song about wind speeds (in knots) and human induced climate change.

“A universal scale of wind speed values — since the scale was originally nautical in nature, and that most wind reports at that time were in nautical miles per hour (or converted to them), these numerical values were given in knots. It was a progressive scale with the range of speed for Forces increasing as you go higher. Thus Force 1 is only 3 knots in range (1 kt – 3 kt), while the Force 11 is eight knots (56 kt – 63 kt) in range. So Force 12 [Hurricane] starts out at 64 knots (74 mph, 33 m/s).”

140 BPM / N.O. R&R

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHidden Hide

LYRICS
I had to hide my hide
Taking a ride
Hadda hide my hide
Taking a ride
On the flipside

The thing with the skin
Is wearing thin
The thing with the skin
Was wearing thin
Had to hide my hide
Now I’m taking a ride
On the flipside

The thing with the skin
Was wearing thin
So I said
It’s time to shed
I had to hide my hide
Now, I’m taking a ride
On the flipside

Hidden Hide.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G Em

132 BPM / House

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMade Donkeys

Made Donkeys.mp3

LYRICS
Judges 15:15
Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men. (16) Then Samson said, “With a donkey’s jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I have killed a thousand men.”

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Cm Gm

137 BPM / Reggae

A song about gun control. Why not start with the first weapon used for mass murder?

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPlanIt Earth

LYRICS
We must have planned it
Yes, had to plan it
To devastate our planet
Can’t make a mistake when it comes to devastate
What’s at stake United States?
Are we trying to annihilate
Why show all the hate?

Fossil fools setting on fire
Fossil fuels
Watching our demise transpire
Where are the wise
Please take us higher
Where logic rules
This tit for tat
Ain’t where it’s at

PlanIt Earth Music Video.mp4

PlanIt Earth.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm F

120 BPM / 8-Beat

A song about humans trashing their own habitat with global warming and pollution.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MI-Le software)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderShow Know Mercy

LYRICS
Acting like King Kong
Well, what went wrong
Show ya know mercy
Yeah! Show mo’ mercy

Acting like Godzilla (God zilla God zilla)
Some kind-of serial killa’ (God killa’ God kill’ zilla God)
Show ya know mercy
Yeah! Show mo’ mercy

Acting like the CIA
Don’t care if I’m MIA
Show ya know mercy
Yeah! Show mo’ mercy

Just ’cause you’re from the USA
Hey! It doesn’t make it OK
Just ’cause you’re from the USA
Doesn’t make it OK
Don’t care if I’m DOA
Show ya know mercy
Yeah! Show mo’ mercy

Keyboards And Synths
Keyboards And Synths

Show Know Mercy Music Video.mp4

Show Know Mercy.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Bb
Eb Gb Bb

104 BPM / Mambo

A song about humans acting like monsters.

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTweak Your Freak

LYRICS
You should be freaking out
When you figure out
There’s cause for alarm
You shouldn’t be all calm
You should be freaking
Freaking and geeking
Tweak your freak

We’ve got baby rapers
Murderous rappers
Racial facials
Backstabbing dribbling siblings
Monster moms
An eruption of corruption from politicians
Dropping bombs
And so much more
Will we endure

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C Bdim

110 BPM / Jazz Samba

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOpen Sesame

LYRICS
If the door is shut just open it up
Open it up
If the window is closed, ya know
Open the window
If the door is shut open it up

If the door is shut open it up
Just turn the knob
It’s not a hard job
If you think the path is blocked
It’s not
The door’s unlocked
Just open it up

It’s not a mystery
Open it and see
Check it out
Open it up
Just… ya know
Open the window

Open Sesame.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em Dsus4

97 BPM / EDM Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIf It Is

If It Is.mp3

LYRICS
If it’s a lie
Will you find out before you die
Just because it’s you, you, you
Believing it’s true
Do you think that’ll do?

Don’t need to be a sleuth
When the truth
Is obvious
To all of us
Logical to all
That are logical

Forget the fantasy of conspiracy
Conspiracies miscarry
The reality of responsibility is the destiny of your mortality

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em A7 Em7(11)

90 BPM / Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; miniNova, Alesis Vortex)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse