Tag: psychedelic folk

bookmark_borderVan-Winkled

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LYRICS
Awoke from a sleep. Is it night or day?
A sleep so deep I don’t know my way
Thought I dozed off for just a lil’ bit
Awoke to this world. I don’t recognize it

Where children can’t play
Due to moral decay
Where children can’t breath
Due to air quality

Chorus

Where children can’t eat
There’s not a healthy treat
Where children can’t dance
We didn’t give ’em a chance

Chorus

Where children can’t learn
To fall in love or yearn
Where children can’t say
They’ll see their kids some day

Chorus

Van-Winkled.mp3

THE SONG
Chords
D6 A-e
A-e Esus A7

The good news — while I was writing and recording this song, a 1-year-old came over and started dancing.  There is hope!

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFace It

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LYRICS
I couldn’t even trace your face
I feel so out of place

So, out of place
So long since I’ve seen your face

Part 1
I’d love to trace your face
But there’s been no trace of your face
Would have loved to trace your face

Would love to trace your face
I feel so out of place
Since your face can’t be traced
Gone
Dog gone

Would love to trace your face
Been so long without a trace
I feel out of place

We’d love to trace your face

Been so long
Been too long
Been, been, been… way to long
Now you’re immortalized in song
Now you’re immortalized in this song

(sounds like someone is knocking at the windows
Come out of the shadows)

Face It (prelude).mp3

Face It.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F# F#m

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

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

Part 1
Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg; Yamaha PSR-740; MiniNova)

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIs This a Good Corner?

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INSTRUMENTAL

Is This a Good Corner? .mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Am
Am E
Am G7

A song that got people dancing as it was written and recorded at the corner of Church and Gay Streets in West Chester, PA.

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEMG

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LYRICS
That’s rather odd… why the cattle prod?
Zap! Zap!
Ate the wires and jell gonna make me yell?
Zap! Zap!
Complete the circuit and blow my mind
If it’s wound too tight, it will unwind

When you pull the trigger with your finger
Zap! Zap!
Don’t know if I’ve the courage for another nerve surge
Zap! Zap!
Complete the circuit and blow my mind
If it’s bound to tight, it will unbind

Go ahead a probe with a needle electrode
Zap! Zap!
I never get use to this electric juice
Zap! Zap!
Complete the circuit and blow my mind
If it’s wound too tight, it will unwind

EMG.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G Em
C D G

Electromyography (EMG) is an electrodiagnostic medicine technique that uses electric shocks to test for nerve damage.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEqui-knocks

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LYRICS
Sorry to interrupt
But during this interlude
If you don’t mind as to be so kind
And answer a question or two?
Would you rather fall forward or fall behind
Equi-knocks on the equinox

Didn’t mean to misinterpret
Nor the facts misrepresent
You can call me the fool
Is the day half empty or half full?
Would you rather fall forward or fall behind
Equi-knocks on the equinox

Sorry to interject
At the risk of being a jerk
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Boo.
Boo who?
No need to cry (sigh)
Next year give ‘er another try
Get your equi-knocks on equinox

Equi-knocks.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G7 A7
C E A7

A song about the autumnal “fall” equinox. “The oldest meaning of the word “equinox” is the day when daytime and night are of approximately equal duration.” Is your day half empty or half full?

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDiscovery

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LYRICS
Shocking! But, nothing new
Shocking… that no one knew
You discovered it’s true
What are you gonna do?

Now it’s been found
The Earth is round
So, there goes that
With it being flat
Not only that that
But as a matter of fact
It spins around going around and around the sun
No, my wit has not become undone
You see it’s nor heresy, blasphemy nor insanity
It’s been true all the while
Just took us a while to fine the need-le in pile
Shocking! But, nothing new
Shocking… that no one knew
You discovered it, too
What are you gonna do?

Discovery Music Video.mp4

Discovery.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
C Am E
Am Am-c E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDistortion

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INSTRUMENTAL

ABOUT THE SONG
E variations

Daniel — Guitar

From the album Speechless
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderImportant

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LYRICS
Preoccupied with the unimportant
Deplete the brain to be ignorant
#1’s winning the rat race
Loosing humanity in the haste
Laid to waste
Time for us to focus

Try to deny all that is important
Nemesis comes to the arrogant
Unaware there’s egg on the face
Hubris falls in utter disgrace
Loosing humanity in the haste
Laid to waste
Time for us to focus

Important.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E Em-e
E C A B E
E C A E

A live 1-track stereo recording written and produced in West Chester, Chester County, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhat’s Cookin’?

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LYRICS
Burnt on the outside… raw in the middle
Really ain’t much of a riddle
I’d love to say job well done
But the brains may be in the bun

Instead of making you stare
Trying to make you rare
Might be time ya looked
If your mind’s over-cooked

Cook! Cook, will you take a look
There’s a fly drownin’ in my soup
Cook!, Cook, check your cookbook
Are fly’s in the soup du jour group?

Instead of making you stare
Trying to make you rare
Might be time ya looked
If your mind’s over-cooked

What’s Cookin’?.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
A D A G A
A Ab A Bb A

A song inspired by world leaders.

A live 1-track stereo recording written and recorded in West Chester, Chester County, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDouble Down

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LYRICS
When my losses start to mount
I take a look around
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”

When the sum is an amount
Can logic be found
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”

The clock strikes two bells
Time to find what the future tells
When the clock strikes three
An hour ahead… an hour behind… which will it be?

Leaving life to coin tosses
Resulting in losses
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”

Then, it’s time to make a plan
So you know that you can
Saying, “It’s time to double down!”

Chorus

Double Down.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
E G A E
E variations E+f#

A live 1-track stereo recording written and recorded in Chester County, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAround The Corner

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LYRICS
How do you know if the answer
Is right around the corner?
From the edge try to dangle
See it from a different angle

How do you know what’s in the book
If you don’t even take a look
What if you come to realize
The answer’s before your eyes

Gonna take within and spit it out
So I can figure out what out’s about

How do you know your limit has been reached
How do you know if your dam(n)’s been breached
What if you’re holding on way too long?
Let go and happen upon your life’s song

Gonna take within and spit it out
So I can take in what it’s all about

Around The Corner.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Em C G Am
Am C AM

A live 1-track stereo recording made in Honey Brook, PA.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderColor The World

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LYRICS
Color the world with shades of love
Before it’s too late and saying “should of”

Though there’s lots
Connect the dots
Fill between the lines
With feeling fine

Color the world with love’s hue
A rainbow assortment including you

Chorus

Color the world with shades of love
Love is the color I’m thinking of

Chorus

Color The World Music Video.mp4

Color The World Soundtrack.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
D9/D6 A7/A
F G D

A live 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Blue Bell Tolls for Thee

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LYRICS
There goes someone with too much cash
Over concerned with how to make it last
Worry away the best of their days
Worry away in so many ways
If you worry beyond today
Maybe you’ve too much any way?

There goes someone with too much time
Over concerned with “me, my, my, mine”
Chorus

There goes someone with too much freedom
Over concerned terrorists will come
Chorus

There goes someone with too much conceit
Under constant threat of defeat
Chorus

The Blue Bell Tolls.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
F#m A
E C A

A song about greed and overabundance. Written in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, PA about the population of Blue Bell. It’s always interesting to me when playing out… that the wealthiest zip codes are home to the most selfish people.

A live 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Daily Lessons
by Daniel Brouse