bookmark_borderBangkok Time

LYRICS
Rock the clock like Bangkok (+12 hours)
Ya ought ‘a Jakarta (+12)
Come on, Boy, like Hanoi (+12)
You know you can even go to Tokyo? (+14)
Living in a time zone
Where I’m prone
To run fast
Living in a time zone
Where mind’s blown
Free at last

Want to start slow? Try Oslo (+6)
Or way down in Freetown (+5)
Time flies by? Try Dubai (+9)
As for me, I’m rarin’ like a Yarenian (+17)
Living in a time zone
Where I’m prone
To run fast
Living in a time zone
Where mind’s blown
Free at last

Still standing still in Guayaquil? (same time)
Or minus a few in Honolulu (-5)
Come on Ketchup to Hamburg (+6)
Gonna do what I can do in Katmandu (+10:45)
Living in a time zone
Where I’m prone
To run fast
Living in a time zone
Where mind’s blown
Free at last

Bangkok Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about time zones compared to my relative position in the Eastern Standard Time (EST). [subtract an hour for Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)]  Inspired by a friend who runs about 12 hours fast.

Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: G A G E / B7 A G E / E A G E
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo
Vocals, Guitar

From the album Fill-er-up
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSetting The Sights

LYRICS
Setting the sights to where we are
Because where we are…
… isn’t that far
The closest star —
The sun?
Done.
Setting the sights to where we are
Look! You’re really not far
From being the star
Guess gravity gave the sway
’cause look! We’re on our way
Suppose we’ve already been
Travelin’
In
Feel the pull china shop bull?
Our sights are set…
Not that far
Just about where we are
Prayin’ the orbit holds “up” a bit
’round n’ ’round in the same ole habit

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Electronic
Chords: G F6 / C F G; 118 BPM Slow Rock and Handbag
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Fill-er-up
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderBuilding A Bridge

LYRICS
Building a bridge
Using a rocket ship
Going to make heaven
A real short trip
Countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…
Begin
Don’t burn it, baby
Save the chance of “maybe”
Nope
Don’t give up the hope
To enhance
[Interlude: build a musical bridge here]

Building a bridge
Over the unravel
Go out on a ledge
Nouveau-travel
Don’t burn bridges, baby
Give love a chance
Hold on to maybe
A chance to enhance

Building A Bridge Part 2.mp3

 

 

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Electronic
Chords: Asus4 G6 / A7 A Asus / A G; 8 Beat Rock and Heavy Metal
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Fill-er-up
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTo Know

LYRICS
For now there’s comfort “to know”
No stopping “to know”
For now, it’s come to me
We’re free
To know “to know”
Can you turn up the volume…
Some?
Let the riff run
Free to know
Free to see
Free to know
Up to me
To see
“To know”
To be

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive / Electronic
Chords: Em / Gsus4 Fsus4 Emsus4 Dmsus4 Csus4 Dmsus4 Emsus4
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Fill-er-up
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderInto the Light of the Night

LYRICS
The result of self-defeating
Is a mental beating
So why not give yourself a lift
With a soulful soul full of rift/riff
What do you say…
We let the music play?
Soulful soul full of riff/rift
Giving the gift
Of a fresh lick
The gift of music

Victim of mental beating
Don’t let it be self-defeating
So why not give yourself a lift
With a soulful soul full of rift/riff
What do you say…
We let the music play?
Soulful soul full of riff/rift
Giving the gift
Of a fresh lick
The gift of music
… let the music play
All day
Into the light of the night
Into the delight of all night

Into the Light of the Night.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: G F# E / D6 E
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

From the album Fill-er-up
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMidst Of A Mist

LYRICS
Starlog: in a fog
In the midst of a mist
Stardate: a twist of fate
Time to clear the mind of the unkind
Let no fear come to mind

In the midst of a mist
Clarity of charity missed
Time we find a way to kind

For the angry… for the pissed
Please consider this
How ya gonna get happiness to coexist?

Better off to assist
Take it off your waiting list
Step up and enlist

Love to get Her in a tryst
Clear the head of “resist”
Get Her in a love tryst
(Out of the midst of this mist)

[God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Jam]

Midst Of A Mist Reggae Music Video.mp4

Midst Of A Mist.mp3

Midst Of A Mist Recording Session
Midst Of A Mist Recording Session

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em intro
Am
G Am
C
F#m G Am

112 Beats Per Minute / Reggae

Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers

From the album Festival-all
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderUnrouted

Unrouted.mp3

LYRICS
Dropping packets left and right
Where’d they go… cause they’re not in sight
The way things are goin’
I’m surprised we’re not up to our eyes in ’em

ifconfig eth0
I dunno
route -n
Resulting in nuttin’

Is it seated properly
Eliminate that… archaic floppy
In a matter of milliseconds
Harmony beckons
Ping, ping, ping,
Sing, sing, sing

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C F
G F C

122 Beats Per Minute / Blues

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

Written and recorded in West Chester, PA, USA.

From the album Mystery
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHome For Christmas

Home For Christmas (Music Video).mp4

Home For Christmas.mp3

LYRICS
If you’re feeling all alone at Christmas
Feelings for all the people you miss
Please remember you’re never alone
Wherever you are… you’re at home

Please remember you’re never alone

If you’re feeling blue… another year anew
Feeling life is slipping away… you’re blue
Please remember how much you’re loved
Embrace now so there’s no regret of “could’ve”

Breath in deep the Christmas spirit
Not just today but all year… keep near it
Please remember wherever you roam
Where ever… you’re never alone

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D G A D
E A

Made in America (West Chester, Chester County, PA, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Miss Christmas and part of the on-going Christmas Music Experiment.

By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderNo Rain

No Rain.mp3 (Coversong / Free MP3 Download)

No Rain II.mp3

Made famous by Blind Melon (Shannon Hoon)

E                         D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

  A                         G      E      E7
I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain

    E                    D
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two

    A                         G         E     E7
and speak my point of view but it’s not sane, It’s not sane

E              D              E           D 
   I just want    some one to say to me   oh,

E              D                 E     D      
   I’ll always be there when you wake     yeah...

E                       D              E        D
    Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today

E                D                   E        D    
    So stay with me and I’ll have it made

      E                      D   
And I don’t understand why I sleep all day

      A                       G         E     E7 
And I start to complain that there’s no rain

    E                      D 
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake

   A                           G           E 
It rips my life away, but it’s a great escape

escape, escape, escape

E                        D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

         A
ya don’t like my point of view

         G        E  
ya think that I’m insane

Its not sane, it’s not sane

E              D             E           D           
   I just want    someone to say to me  oh,

E              D                  E      D
   I’ll always be there when you wake       yeah,

E                      D              E          D
   Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today

E               D                   E      D
   so stay with me and I’ll have it made

ABOUT THIS SONG
Made in the USA (Downingtown and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

This song was inspired by the Downingtown Acoustic Meet-up Group. Once a month, 15 acoustic guitar people get together. This is one of the songs I brought for the June 2013 session.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Ahh
Performed by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderClass Warfare

LYRICS
So, this is class warfare
I was totally unaware

People sleeping in the streets
You call this natural?
People sleeping in old crates
You say this is normal

Children dieing of starvation
You call this natural?
Part of society in deprivation
… business as usual

So, this is class warfare
I was totally unaware

Class Warfare.mp3

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

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the Sir Vent album of music Servitune
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThrough the Gauntlet to the Guillotine

LYRICS
Through the gauntlet to the guillotine
When you get caught up, get caught up, get caught up…
In the money machine
It’s through the gauntlet to the guillotine

When you get caught up, get caught up, get caught up…
In the money machine
The people are nice…
They’re oh so mean

You’d hope you’d wake from this dream
’cause it’s too obscene
See what you can bring to the scene

You would think enough stink
You would have thought we’ve had enough to drink of that stink

Through the gauntlet to the guillotine
’till you’ve seen everything obscene

Why would you stretch the neck for the blade
Get out of the sun and into the shade
Before you know how to swim, you’d better just wade
Out of the sun and into the shade

Through the Gauntlet to the Guillotine.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Em7(11) Em9 Bsus4

Daniel — Vocals, Electric Guitar, Korg, Yamaha and Casio Keyboards (all instruments played simultaneously)

A 1-track stereo extemporaneous recording made in Chester County, Pennsylvania,

From the Listening Deficit album of music What?
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJust In Time

LYRICS
What you see
Let it be

The seven seals
Were unsealed
The tusks
Untusked
The opening to the abyss
Among us
And, now we cause all the fuss

I guess it was the fuss
Because of the mess
I must confess
There should be a fuss about the mess caused by us
It’s not that you need to be a ruckus scientist
Or some sort-of brain surgeon… or even journalist
Trying to get a grasp on this reality TV that is thee… me

Let it be that what you see
Is the fusion
Of reality with your dream

Just In Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C7#9 C EmM7

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

A 1-track stereo extemporaneous recording made in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

From the album Beg For Mercy
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStealing Candy From A Baby

LYRICS
I worked so hard for my money
Since stolen by the anti-honey
I watched Mama stealing candy
From my baby
Is there an excuse? No way!
Not maybe

What kind of person would do that
Unkind of person just like that
What kind of mother would do that
Unkind sort just like that

Unfit? More than just a bit.
Crazy. Lazy.
Forever to remain insane
Criminally insane refrain

Stealing Candy From-A Baby.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E A
E A G E
E A G D E

Written in Chester County, Pennsylvania and captured as a digital, 1-track stereo, extemporaneous recording. (Based on a true story.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the Bizarre Bazaar album Bizarre Buzz
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Truth

LYRICS
Living each day
In the fullest way
Trying to make reason
As I rhyme

After pain and suffering
Comes the joy of relief
There’ a new season
A new time

The insane rebuffing
Proves my belief
There’ a new season
A new time

Friends may come
And, friends may go
But there’s one thing that I know
You’ll be there ’till the end
Then, backstage after the show

Friends may come
And, friends may go
But there’s one thing that I know
Love is the message that we send
Be ye friend or be ye foe?

The Truth.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — D C#
D G
D G A C# D

Written in Chester County, Pennsylvania and captured as a digital, 1-track stereo, extemporaneous recording. It is about the *THE BIG SHOW* of life and the after-party in heaven.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the Bizarre Bazaar album Bizarre Buzz
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAstral Airlines

Astral Airlines Music Video.mp4

Astral Airlines Unplugged.mp3

Astral Airlines – Live In Penns Woods.mp3

LYRICS
It’s been real
But, I’ll see you later (later)
Time to feel
Best is better (better)

’cause I booked a trip
And, I’m flying on Astral Airlines
A pleasant jaunt
With no penalties or fines
If you want to… bring your baggage
You’ll welcome to bring it along
But, it will be less savage
If you just pack your heart with a song

Astral Airlines.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — A C
A G D A

Written in Chester County, Pennsylvania and captured as a digital, 4-track stereo, extemporaneous recording. It is about having faith in hope.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

From the Bizarre Bazaar album Bizarre Buzz
By Daniel Brouse