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Under the Thin Skin Music Video.mp4
LYRICS
No matter where I roam
We’ll always be at home
You’re in me
And, I’m in you
Easy to see
No matter what we do
Under the thin skin
You’re bubblin’ within’
Under the thin skin
Here for your servin’
Hear for your servin’
No matter forebodings loom
You’ll conquer soon
You’re over me
I’m under you
Easy to see
What we’ll do
ABOUT THE SONG
A
D C A
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
I aim to tame
I’m…
The lyin’ tamer
Constitutional framer
Lyin’ tamer
The politic
The rhetoric
The hypocrite
Who you calling a heretic?
Enough to make me sick
You couldn’t be much lamer
Look out! Here comes the lyin’ tamer
It’s a jungle out there
Better beware
Those elected officials have the initials
F.U.
F you
They say F! you and then some, too
The lyin’ tamer
Lying in wait
To participate
In the taming of your ass
An opportunity I couldn’t let pass
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm
Bdim C Dm Dm7 and variations
124 Beats Per Minute / Digi-rock
Dedicated to our elected officials. Get out your whip and chair!
1-track live extemporaneous stereo recording
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
E A
E D G D E
E D G E
A song about bringing a new server to life after installing Linux as the operating system.
Daniel — Guitar
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
It’s not a joke
All of us will croak
But, like the Crocus
All of us
Can spring forth again
Like an Iris I am
It’s OK to be a Pansy
When you spring to life so easily
Sun or part shade
No need to be afraid
Moist, well drained
Voiced, well brained
Sprout like a Daffodil
Get your life’s fill
Don’t take a toll on your soul
Narcissus ilk not narcissistic
Trumpet birth in the Spring
And, the sprouting it will bring
ABOUT THE SONG
C Am
G
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Does anybody know if this is it?
The decision of the ribbon
The decision of the rhythm
Ribbin’
Like string theory
Doesn’t have to be such a mystery
Just use your mind’s eye… I
Decypher the cypher in the sky
The decision of the ribbon
Rubbing the ribbon
More like how a butterfly flaps it’s wings
The resulting things
Chaos theory
The decision of the ribbon
The decision of the rhythm
In the chaos theory
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
B Bm Baug Bsus4 Bmadd9 B7
98 Beats Per Minute / Dance
1-track live extemporaneous stereo recording
The song was inspired by the ribbon controller on an Alesis Vortex keyboard.
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
So, if you’ve got those rainy day blues
Here’s good news —
You’ve nothing left to lose
At any rate it will wash your slate clean
Navigate anew if you know what I mean?
The sun will soon return to shine
Before ya know it, you’ll be feeling fine
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
G Am D G
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Why does the earthling find it so puzzling
After all, it’s hard for all to claim ignorance
To culpability
More like arrogance
To responsibility
Who is to blame
Duckin’ the shame
The acceptability of culpability
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Dm
C Dm
110 Beats Per Minute / Hip-Hop House Rock
1-track live stereo recording
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke
Did you see the calamity
Of the puzzle monkey tree?
Oh, you know what’s puzzling me
Unseen inevitability
Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke
The way we spew our debris
Like we’re the champs of society
Coming back a little too fast
Gonna kick me in the ass
Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke
In the midst of demon fits
Gonna smash it all to bits
Kiss of death on our lips
Human induced apocalypse
Up in smoke
Ain’t no joke
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
B E Am
Am D7
A verse inspired by the wildfires in Chile burning in the forests of 1,000 old puzzle monkey trees. (At least the government of Chile recognizes it as the effects of human induced climate change.) Another verse is inspired by the ISIS destruction of ancient artifacts in Syria using sledgehammers and bulldozers. I guess you could say the song is about human induced destruction of everything.
Araucaria araucana — commonly called the monkey puzzle tree
The origin of the popular English language name ‘monkey puzzle’ derives from its early cultivation in Britain in about 1850, when the species was still very rare in gardens and not widely known. Sir William Molesworth, the proud owner of a young specimen at Pencarrow garden near Bodmin in Cornwall was showing it to a group of friends, one of them – the noted barrister and Benthamist Charles Austin remarked, “It would puzzle a monkey to climb that”. [Because it takes a 1,000 years for them to grow, young specimens are tiny.] As the species had no existing popular name, first ‘monkey puzzler’, then ‘monkey puzzle’ stuck. — Wikipedia
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
First time, last time
What will it be
First time, last time
Set yourself free
Once you unlock your cage door
You’ll never go back to the way it was before
It’s not too late to push that gate
Why wait… push open that gate
Let your inside out
Find out no doubt
Don’t hesitate! Push open the gate!
Through the threshold — you
Let your inside out
Feel free to move about
ABOUT THE SONG
E A D G
E A D A
C Em A
G A
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Controller and a Computer
Singer/Songwriter version is a live 1-track stereo recording.
ReMix version is a 6-track recording.
From the album You Are Getting Warmer
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
We need a “look out” look out
Do you know
What will it take to soften the blow
Can you show
How to fulfill the missing link?
It’s not as hard as you think!
It’s not as hard as you think!
Do you know
Which direction we should go
Does time flow
As though… life is just… must just be a blink
It’s not as hard as you think!
It’s not as hard as you think!
When we learn to look deep within
We’ll begin
Looking out
Look out!
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em Esus Esus(add F#)
Em G A Em
Em A G Em
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album John Wesley Ladyland
By Daniel Brouse
Coversong Performed Live
Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers including the Alesis Vortex Keytar
Written by Don Nix
Made famous by Freddie King, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple, JJ Cale, Marc Ford, Chicken Shack, Bryan Ferry, Pearl Jam, Gov’t Mule, Sam Kinison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, The Who, and Led Zeppelin
INTRO D D C G F D D G D C G F D D VERSE D D C G F D D I'm Going down, I'm goin' down down down down down G D C G F D D I'm Going down, I'm goin' down down down down down A D C G F D D I got my big feet in the window, and my head down on the ground Let me down, and close that box car door Yes, let me down, and close that box car door Well, I'm goin' back to Chattanooga, and sleep on sister Irene's floor OK I'm goin' down Down down down down down I'm going down Down down down down down I've got my big feet on the ground Oh I'm goin' down Down down down down down I'm goin' down Going back underground Oh let me down without a sound Ooh Oh Oh I'm going down down down down I'm going down down down down again You gonna miss me when I'm gone Believe me when all your tears are gone Solo Yes, I'm going down, I'm going down down, down, down I'm going down, I'm goin' down down down down down Yes, I got my feet in the window, I got my head on the ground
LYRICS
Please
Wrap your arms around me
And, give me a lil’ squeeze
So I realize upon release
The loves around to see
Seize
Every moment
As if they’re all keys
To open the doors of happiness
Full of love and nothing less
Chorus
The more I get to know
The better the show
Such a delight
May it last all night
Lookie there
Smells in the air
Wafting through the breeze
And, I realize if I open my eyes
The loves around to see
Our bodies are love’s home
I feel it deep inside
Pounding of the heart
Start
Feeling it in the bone
Chorus
Repeat 1
The more I get to know
The better the show
Such a delight
May it last all night
Such a delight
To gain insight
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D A G
Em Esus
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Damn! Hate, To Say….
By Daniel Brouse
The Pursuit Of Happiness Music Video.mp4
LYRICS
Could it be that all my life
I’ve been waiting for you?
What was I thinking… a wife?
If I only knew I had you to purse
But, I digress….
The pursuit of happiness
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Enough suspense….
It’s my declaration of independence
The wondrous pursuit of happiness
Unalienable right, right?
What’s the story
Sounds contradictory…
To fight for peace
But, I gotta have a piece
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — Em7 G
138 Beats Per Minute / Modern R&B
Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar
From the album Damn! Hate, To Say….
By Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
I was scared
Unaware… unaware you were there
What a surprise to realize
The view is you
Startle
End-all
Guardian through and through
Sometimes I forget
Which way to spell it
God, dog… Dog, god?
Finding the meaning odd
Yodel Gee, D O G G O D D O G G O D
ABOUT THIS SONG
A song about my dog and god.
Chords — G Em
Am D G
Daniel — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
From the album Damn! Hate, To Say….
By Daniel Brouse
The War On Freedom Music Video.mp4
LYRICS
If you see the same as me say
“Yeah, same as me”
Doesn’t mean it has to stay this way
But, we might haveta fight to be free
They’re waging war on our freedom
Don’t wanna bow to their kingdom
Rather fight for our right
Through wisdom
ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — F# C#
136 Beats Per Minute / Techno
Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers including Alesis Vortex controller, Casio Workstation 3500 and a microKorg
From the album Damn! Hate, To Say….
By Daniel Brouse