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bookmark_borderThe Sky’s Eyes

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LYRICS
The sky’s eyes cry
The eyes of the sky cry
Raining tears of joy
Going to wash and dry
Mother Nature’s toy
Man can try as he can
But he can’t begin
To comprehend
The need to cleanse and mend
Don’t take the bait
To self-annihilate
Quick before it’s too late
Self-inflicted wound
Again and again
Self-inflicted wound
’till you turn your mound
Into a mountain
Again and again
Self-annihilation nation
Desolation Boulevard
Runnin’ through your backyard
Traffic jam of fossil fuel fools
They say they saw the sign, “Humanity, USA — Left”
So they turned around and went home alone
Bye-bye
The sky’s eyes cry
Bye-bye
The eyes of the sky cry
Bye-bye

The Sky’s Eyes.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment.

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Bbsus4 Bbm7(11) Bbm7
Rhythm: 112 BPM 8-Beat and 60’s Rock
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLarger Than Life

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LYRICS
Is this going to be big
Is it going to be epic
Quick, cut to the quick
Big… large?
Who’s in charge?
Don’t want to be seasick
Got to cut to the quick
Is it going to be big… is it going to be epic
It looks like this is going to be epic
Dig… dig deep… is it going to be big? Dig!
Is it going to be XXL… who’s in charge?
Who’s in charge to be in charge
Cut to the quick, quick!
Will you please appease and cut to the quick, quick
It seems the seams of the dreams have come un-stitched
Reincarnation itch
Is it a bitch?
We can do better
The fact of the matter… it matters, in fact, we can do better
It seems the seams seep reality… for me… you and me… we… reality

Larger Than Life.mp3

Larger Than Life Instrumental

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em Em7(13) Esus4 Em9 Em7 / changing tempo starting at 32 BPM
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEnvision

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LYRICS
If we envision the vision
Of what we want to do
Envision the vision is mission
To make the dream come true

If we just tune our attitude
From be flat (Bb) to see natural (C♮)
There will be enough soul food
To satisfy us all

If we just take the time
To see the reason in the rhyme
It will be natural (B♮) to see sharp (C#)
Floating like a butterfly… happy as a lark

Live it in your mind’s eye
From slow motion into overdrive
It’s easy to give ‘er a try
Delivers the reason for being alive

Envision.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Drop D tuning — Em Em7 D D9 / C Em Am (add Bb, B♮ and C#)
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRun ’round The Sun

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The Milky Way
The Milky Way

LYRICS
Suckling the nipples of the Milky Way
Singing spirituals of a better day
Through the nectar of stardust, we weigh
Through the dust to dust, we will return someday

A snake eating it’s own tail
Talk about an epic fail
Want to write a better tale
Into the galaxy we sail

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a blackhole and sucked up inside her
Making more mortality a blur (more mortality)

Just for fun run ’round the sun
As we make our way
So our mass may pass
Into the future past

Run ’round The Sun.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG

To say “we are stardust” may be a cliche, but it’s an undeniable fact that most of the essential elements of life are made in stars.

“For the first time, we can now study the distribution of elements across our Galaxy,” says Sten Hasselquist of New Mexico State University. “The elements we measure include the atoms that make up 97% of the mass of the human body.”

The new results come from a catalog of more than 150,000 stars; for each star, it includes the amount of each of almost two dozen chemical elements. The new catalog includes all of the so-called “CHNOPS elements” – carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur – known to be the building blocks of all life on Earth. This is the first time that measurements of all of the CHNOPS elements have been made for such a large number of stars.
— Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS/APOGEE) / January 5, 2017

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: C Em Cm / 104 BPM
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRising Star

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LYRICS
A pinprick in the night
A sliver of starlight
Then quick… with the millionth pinprick
Can’t count all the lights in sight
You know… when the horizon starts to glow
It won’t be long till dawn’s daylight
You know your star is rising
Cock’s crow… sunrise… good morning
Good news: good knews
Is coming our way
Who knows… no no’s
A-OK

Rising Star.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: A C / E C A / C A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIn A Mind

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In A Mind.mp3

LYRICS
In a mind down in the gutter
Pick it up and feel better
Being kind sure does matter
Me as debtee or debtor?
Waiting at the pearly gates
Don’t wanna be a faster regretter
Is my will free or is it fate’s
Name in The book letter-for-letter?

In line on their judgement day
Will I be searching for words to say
Don’t want it all to end that way
Want to go feet first… no debts to pay

On the fence at heaven’s gate
Don’t want to teeter ‘fore St. Peter
Repent offense ‘fore it’s too late
Wanna be in time with the master’s meter
[Sir Vent your servant]

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: riff-efg G A B7 / E G A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWhen You Fall In Love

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LYRICS
What do you get when you fall in love?
Achin’ and shakin’ is what I’m thinking of
Finding I’m pining
Longing too long
Don’t need reminding
… livin’ a blues song

What do you get when you fall in love?
Quackin’ heart breakin’ is what I’m thinking of
What do you get when you fall in love?
Makin’ no mistakin’ is what I’m thinking of
What do you get when you fall in love?
Stakin’ breathtakin’ is what I’m thinking of

When You Fall In Love.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Love Song
Chords: E A G E / C A / B7 E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFreedom Train

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LYRICS
Pulling out of the station
Headin’ down the track
No need to bother lookin’ back
If you are out there ahead
Don’t look over your shoulder
Lessons you learn growin’ older

I better pay attention
Or I might miss my stop
Pay attention… stay on top
Or find the end-of-the-line
No! Please not that… It’s not my time
I tell ya doctor, “I feel fine!”

Glass half-full of satisfaction
On my way to saturation
Cup overflows with jubilation
When every day’s a celebration
Thankful for all of creation
Reaching self-realization
Pulling into my destination

Freedom Train.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E A B7
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Organ

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSpilling Over

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LYRICS
Do you want to feel up
Well, if you uplift
Do you want to feel high
Can’t buy… give the gift
(Get by… give the gift)
Loving unconditional
Embracing all
Loving is medicinal
Embraced by all
Don’t ever give up hope in the future
Don’t ever give up faith in the kids
Do fill up your heart till it’s spillin’ over
So the “should haves” are always “glad we dids”

Spilling Over.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: E A G / C A D G
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOutlast The Past

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LYRICS
I ask you
When the sea turns
From a lovely blue
To the deepest of green
What does it mean?
Forecast fast
Outlast the past
Future for sure
Ensure future

I ask you
When the sky turns
From a lovely blue hue
To so grey… almost black
Time to stand back?
Forecast fast
Outlast the past
Future for sure
Ensure future

The lunacy of blasphemy
The insanity baffles me
No need for conspiracy
When it’s a bureaucracy

The lie-rd conspired
The liar conspire
Bureaucracy hypocrisy

I ask you
What’s a man to do?

Outlast The Past.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Eb / Bb Db Eb
Rhythm: 152 BPM
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Closer To Too Late

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LYRICS
You can choose your own rate
Commander of your own fate
The longer that you wait
The closer to too late
Opened starting gate
Focused staying straight
Trying to participate
Before the expiration date
All the world’s a dance floor
Always room for one more
Come on, jump up, jump in
Take a shot at swingin’

All the world’s a stage
No matter what your age
You can join with the band
Makin’ music hand-in-hand

Heartbeat by heartbeat
Beat-by-beat by beat-by-beat

The Closer To Too Late.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 1 (Bb) A D G A / G D A / Ab A
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJohnny B. Goode

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Coversong originally written and made famous by Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode.mp3

[Capo 1 to play in original key of Bb]

     A
Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
A
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
      D
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
      A
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
    E
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
             A
But he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.

A
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
                  D
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
A                   E
Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
When people passed him by they would stop and say,
'oh, my but that little country boy could play'
[Chorus]
His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man
You will be the leader of a big ol' band.
Many people comin' from miles around
Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
Sayin' "Johnny B. Goode tonight"

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Rock & Roll
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Piano

From the album Exoskeleton

bookmark_borderAft Daft

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LYRICS
The more that I learn
I learn the that I know
With knowledge you earn
The wisdom to grow
The that I learn
The more I don’t know
If there’s a stern
Need a bow to row?

If you don’t know starboard
How can you know your port
Don’t be the man overboard
If you’re not the aquatic sort
Aft daft?

If you wanna take a peek
n’ head up $hit creek
Better master the paddle
Before you get back in the saddle
Aft daft?!?!?!
Awkward if you paddled ass backward
Worse rattle — forget your paddle
Aft daft?!?!?!

Aft Daft.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: C A / G E / D A C E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Kinder Kind

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LYRICS
I’ve traversed over the land
Mountain to the sand
I’ve traveled over the ocean
Just to long to be home again

My manners I’ve tried to mind
Go out of my way to be kind
And all the while I find
There’s way more kinder than I’m
From: my heart. Signed
(with a kiss like this)

I can see I need more humanity
I can see the possibility
I can see my synergism with society
I can see it’s time to be what I can be

The Kinder Kind.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: Capo 2 E A B7 B
Recording: digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCountless Blessings

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LYRICS
Why count the blessing you’ve got
If a blessing’s at cost
In the time that’s allot
Each count’s a moment lost

If you try to please
What’s between the knees
Just to get some sleaze
Above all others’ needs
The blessing of bliss
Could all go amiss

If you try to please
The depths of greed
Collecting your fees
Above an other’s need
The blessing of bliss
Could all go amiss

Countless Blessings.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Folk Rock
Chords: C E Am / Dm Am
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Synthesizers

From the album Exoskeleton
by Daniel Brouse