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bookmark_borderChild’s Play

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LYRICS
This is the way to play
Play, play all day
Light the night
Sway
Dance away

Chorus
And, if there is something troubling you
This is what you do
Grab my hand and jump about
Sure enough, you’ll find out
Understand?

This is the way we play
This is the way we play
Knee-jerk! Might consider it work
For today we call it play

Chorus

Songwriting at Everhart Park in Chester County, PA
Songwriting at Everhart Park in Chester County, PA

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D D6
D D6 D A
D G A D D6

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOver The Rainbow

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LYRICS
All we owe, all we owe, we owe to her
All we owe, all we owe, we owe to her

We’re off to see the Wizard
The Wizard Of Oz
Unless there is some sort of legal clause

All we owe, all we owe, we owe to her
All we owe, all we owe, we owe to her

If your life’s in debt
It’s a sure bet
The Wicked Witch will make you squirm and twitch

All we owe, all we owe, we owe to her
All we owe, all we owe, we owe to her

Dorothy, you can bet your ass
This ain’t kansas
No more, no more, no more

Songwriting in West Chester, PA
Songwriting in West Chester, PA

Over The Rainbow.mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E / E-E-G# / E-G#
G D A E

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderProtest Song

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LYRICS
This is a test. It’s a protest test.
For the next 2 minutes and 32 seconds…
This station will conduct a protest test on the nation

This is a protest song
And, it won’t take you long
To realize… it’s a protest song

I must confess
This… is a protest song

When you’re wrong, you’re wrong
Now, it’s a protest song

Come on! Sing along!
It’s a protest song

Soon we’ll be knowing
Knowing as we’re growing
Flowing with the protest song

This is only a test
In the event of a real emergency, check your Constitution

Protest Songwriting — Freedom of Speech in West Chester, PA.mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 2
E A
E A D A E

This is another song inspired by a police officer that stopped us from playing music on the courthouse steps. Ironically, she couldn’t warn us about a noise violation because the traffic was too loud.

Someone wrote into the YouTube channel and asked: “What do bongos have to do with freedom of speech?”

The answer:
From the First Amendment Center’s “A Teachers Guide to Freedom Sings” —
“This teacher’s guide to music censorship over the past 50 years is intended to illustrate to students that the First Amendment doesn’t just protect the speech of the press and of politicians. It also protects music, dance, theater, poetry and film. In fact, it protects all creative expression that gives life flavor.”

Example from National Paralegal College —
“A number of prominent musicians decide to get together and perform a song which is clearly meant to convey their lack of support for a military action currently underway. The performance will be afforded the protection of the First Amendment.”

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWizard Of Awes

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LYRICS
Do you think this is
When you think this is
If you think this is
Have you heard of show biz?

Can you feel it coming
You know you feel it coming
Do you look within
If you feel it coming
You know you feel it coming
What are we doing?

Beware of “awes” behind the curtain
For certain, if there’s one thing certain
There’s no onw no where wanting hurtin’
Forget the rest. Wink. Smile. Flirtin’….

Songwriting at Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, PA
Songwriting at Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, PA

Wizard Of Awes.mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Am Esus Am7
C

Made in the USA (Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderKing Of The Jungle

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LYRICS
What makes you so certain
That we’re apt to adapt
Our evolving motion
Could very well snap

Still we forget nature is fragile
We regret we mature… yet gullible
Forgot to think all we extinct
Jack broke his crown… just ask Jill

Acoustic Guitar Songwriting in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Acoustic Guitar Songwriting in West Chester, Pennsylvania

King Of The Jungle.mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 1
D A7 Em
B

This song was inspired by a conversation I had with my son about global warming, Richard Dawkins and human’s ability to adapt / evolve.

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStrange Days

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LYRICS
These are some really strange days
Whether we messed-up the weather
In oh so many ways

It’s making me feel a bit see (sea) sick
Hard to believe it’s hard to breath
The air’s getting so thick

Strange how these are such strange days
Could you please help me… push RTZ (return to zero)
Phase us out of this complacent phase

Strange Days.mp4

Songwriting in West Chester, PA
Songwriting in West Chester, PA

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — C CM7
Am Em

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMonkeys Pushing Buttons

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LYRICS
A rat in a maze
A cat in a cage
Not hard to amaze
So easily enrage

Just like a monkey pushing a button
Chain-gang bustin’ rock by the ton
Grooming each others fleece for fleas
Amazing we get anything done

Monkeys Pushing Buttons.mp4

Songwriting in Everhart Park, West Chester, PA
Songwriting in Everhart Park, West Chester, PA

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A7 D6
G

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Terrestrial Planet
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderShifting Sands Of Time

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LYRICS
Standing in the ocean
Watching the tide roll out
I start to thinking
My feet are sinking
I begin figgerin’
What life’s about

Standing in the ocean
Watching the tide roll in
As I get a notion
My body’s in motion
The spirit’s en route
Life’s precious… no doubt

Songwriting in Ocean City, NJ
Songwriting in Ocean City, NJ

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 3
A C
E A

Made in the USA (Ocean City, New Jersey, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPast Christmas Island

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LYRICS
What if the Earth is a spaceship
Full of illegal aliens seeking some asylum
And on the stormy seas (sees) overturn… flip
Will there be a rescue? Will there be refuge?
Will we be taken in? Or will they refuse?

Chorus
When you know you’re feeling like Snowden
There’s absolutely no where to go… then,
You realize your relative size
A sheep in sheep’s clothes. No lies. No guise.

What if you were fleeing a brutal rule
Praying for a Christmas past Christmas Island
Instead a new guinea pig in (Papua) New Guinea
Please tell me who really is the fool
Treat everyone as enemy not as friend?
What is your motive? Fear, control or pinch a penny?

Chorus

The most sought after by the Central Intelligence Agency
Please, oh, please take me to your leaders
For if there is intelligent life here, I’ve yet to see
Appears the hypocrites are all traitors
Trying to prevent all that should be
Turning our futures into laters

Chorus

Past Christmas Island.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was inspired by the news of the day:

US officials fume over Russia granting asylum to Snowden | Fox News
The White House and U.S. lawmakers fumed Thursday after NSA leaker Edward Snowden entered Russia on temporary refugee status….

Edward Snowden wakes up to life in Russia – CBS News
Ex-NSA leaker is now officially a refugee being protected by Russia, but he won’t exactly be enjoying the freedom he previously knew.

Russia Grants NSA Leaker Snowden Asylum; Not Heading To Latin America
Snowden has received offers of asylum from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, but the logistics of reaching any of those countries are ….

PNG opposition mounts legal challenge as first asylum seekers land | Brisbane Times
Papua New Guinea’s opposition has resurrected a constitutional challenge to Australia’s detention centre on Manus Island as the first group of asylum seekers arrive to experience Labor’s tough resettlement policy. The 40 mainly Iranian and Afghan single men were flown from Christmas Island late on Wednesday and touched down on Manus Island on Thursday morning.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Refugee advocates are concerned for the safety of asylum seekers in Nauru after large-scale riots at the island’s detention centre late last month. Yesterday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed a deal with Nauru’s president that will see asylum seekers who arrive by boat in Australia sent to Nauru to have their claims processed and possibly resettle there. But an Asylum Seeker

Resource Centre spokeswoman is worried about hostility from the local people towards asylum seekers. A fortnight ago, asylum seekers being held on Nauru rioted, causing $60 million in damage to the facilities there.

Drowning in neglect | ljazeera.com
Three people have drowned and about 40 others were still missing … Does Australia have any legal or moral responsibility toward refugees …

Australia Says 120 Refugees May Have Drowned Off Indonesia | www.businessweek.com
More than 120 asylum seekers may have drowned off Indonesia, according to the Australian government, which is reopening offshore …

Almost 1,000 asylum seekers, often from war-torn Middle Eastern and South Asian nations, are known to have drowned in the waters between Indonesia and Australia since 2001. While the number of people seeking asylum in Australia is dwarfed by applications to the U.S., the issue has dogged Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government, which is clawing back from near record-low approval ratings before elections due next year.

Chords — C C+G C-C+G#
G D C

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOperator

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LYRICS
I tried dialing “Operator”
A message said, “Try (again) later”
Hey! What am I suppose to do
If I can’t get through?

I tried dialing “9-1-1”
They said, “We can’t help you… none.”
Guess it’s nothing new
Society’s point-of-view

Operator! The Creator
Separator — wheat from chaff
Alienator — frown from laugh

Operator.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 2
G Am
Am Em

Made in the USA (Philadelphia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

After a conversation with my son about Richard Dawkins, I pondered on the obsolescence of a Great Operator. Songs like the Black Keys’ Little Black Submarines and Pink Floyd’s Young Lust refer to a telephone operator. Will people know what they are talking about now that phone operators are obsolete? Does the same hold true for the concept of God?

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderYawn

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Dictionary Definition
Dictionary Definition

LYRICS
You gave me a dictionary
At first, I found it quite contrary
Then, this song’s definition
Made me reconsider my position

Chorus
To be wide open
Look within
So vulnerable. Let you in.
Let’s enable. We’ll begin

Mary merry meaning of contrary
Is it as Ying to Yang
Or does this dictionary
Offer definitions of slang?

Chorus

Yawn.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D Em A D
A

This song was inspired when a friend, Katlyn, insisted on giving me an old dictionary.

Made in the USA (Philadelphia and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLooker (Ode To Richard Dawkins)

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LYRICS
I look to the sky to see what’s ahead
Nothing but blue skies in bed
Look at the bright side… you could wake up dead

Chorus
I look to the ground and see where’s my head
So glad we have evolved… no need to dread
More apt to adapt if you strive to stay alive
More likely to survive if we strive to thrive

I look out of me to see if I can see
I look inside of me to see what I’ll be
Look at the bright side… I got to be me
And, you? You, too!

Chorus

Looker.mp3 (aka Ode To Richard Dawkins)

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A G
D C G D

Made in the USA (Lake Wynonah, Schuylkill County and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

While hanging out with my son, we were listening to Richard Dawkins. A spirited conversation ensued.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat Is Life?

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LYRICS
Is life fleeting? Does it last?
Strive for loving grasp

Perfect harmony
In all you see

What Is Life.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Notes — C E F E
C E F
C E F E C
C/A
C/G

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJersey Shore Blues (Body Surfing)

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“If I were at the beach….”

Your dreams are within reach!

Don’t let a job
Lifetime rob
Don’t need any pouting
Don’t cry… no, don’t sob
No procrastinating
Outcast of the mob

Enough body serfing
Let’s go body surfing

The overdue Jersey Shore blues

The Jersey Shore Blues.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — E A G D
G E
B7 E Bm E

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

While I was sitting on the courthouse wall writing music, a man stopped by (Chris) and asked if I could write a song about him “having a job and wishing he was at the shore, instead.” Since my son and I were also trying to plan a trip to the beach, I combined the ideas.

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the album Like Son
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCats In The Cradle

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Original by Harry Chapin
Coversong by Daniel

Verse:
E		  G
My child arrived just the other day,
   A		       E
He came to the world in the usual way
E		    	  G
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay,
A		     E
He learned to walk while I was away
	   D	   	  A/C#	       Bm	 A
And he was talking 'for I knew it, and as he grew
	G	   Bm        E	           G	   Bm      E
He said "I'm gonna be like you, dad, you know I'm gonna be like you"

Chorus:
	E		 D
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
G		A
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
E			D
"When you commin' home dad?" "I don't know when,
     G	          Bm	E                   G     	          Bm	     E
But we'll get together then, You know we'll have a good time then"

Verse 2
E		       G
My son turned ten just the other day
   A			    E
He said "Thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play
E		  G
Can you teach me to throw" 
A			   E
I said "Not today I got a lot to do" He said "Thats OK"
        D	          A/C#              Bm    A
He walked away but his smile never dimmed,
     G	             Bm       E	      G	             Bm     E
It said I'm gonna be like him, yeah, You know I'm gonna be like him

Verse 3
E			G
Well he came from college just the other day
    A		          E
So much like a man I just had to say
E			G
"Son I'm proud of you can you sit for a while?"
A			E
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
        D	                  A/C#              Bm    A
"What I'd really like dad is to borrow the car keys,
     G	                    Bm       E
See you later can I have them please?"

Verse 4
E			G
I've long since retired, my son's moved away
A		        E
I called him up just the other day
E			G
I said "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
A			 E
He said "I'd love to dad if I could find the time,
        D	                        A/C#                         Bm    A
You see the my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu
     G	                  Bm       E	      G	             Bm     E
But it's sure nice talkin' to you dad... It's sure nice talkin' to you"
        D	                    A/C#            Bm    A
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,
     G	         Bm       E      G	             Bm     E
He'd grown up just like me. My boy was just like me

Last Chorus
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you commin' home son?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, Dad,
We're gonna have a good time then"

Cats In The Cradle.mp3

From the album Like Father, Like Son