bookmark_borderOminousness (with a Happy Ending)

LYRICS
As the warlords breed
Weapons of mass destruction
The warlords believe
Here upon is the resurrection
Then the warlords breathe
A breath of foul distinction
As they rile in the bile
Of denial
Drown in the flood
Of the spilt blood
Gnarl and bite
Taking sight
Blind to the kind
Grind, spit and spew
They do
Their toll in human soul
The sole consuming sole
Flashes of light
Off in the night

To guard the gates of eternity
From their mortality
To guard morality
From hypocrisy
Bring the soul out of the shadow
Through any age onto the stage
Life is but a show
Ominous us
Omnipresence
Stardust
Omnipresent present

Ominousness.mp3

Ominousness Instrumental.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive
Chords: C CM C7
Recording: digital 6-track stereo

Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLack Of Vocabulary

Instrumental music: Korg PS60 Keyboard, Yamaha PSR-740 Keyboard, MiniNova Synthesizer, MicroKorg, Casio Wk-3500, Guitar, Drums

bookmark_borderFight To The Death

LYRICS
Do you mean
We’re (fighting) on the same team
Fighting death
To the death
What do you say
Come out and play
Today
The game in the garden
Separate(s) boys from men

The more you age
Haste to the stage
Committal service
Fighting death
To the death
As you grow old
Wisdom be told
The dying are nervous
Fighting death
To the death

From the heart sung
Forever young

Fight To The Death.mp3

Fight To The Death Reprise.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock / Folk
Chords: C Em Am Em A9 Asus4
Recording: original take / digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album At This Time
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThank You For Your Patronage

Thank You for Your Patronage.mp3

Music – Eck / Brouse
Lyrics – Brouse
Matt – Bass
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
James – Audience Participation

LYRICS
Hey! Hey!
What can I say
OK? OK!
Hey? Hey! This day
Feed the donkey
See… he heehaw
Picked up his hammer and saw
Winter freeze, spring thaw
In awe of all
Should have seen what I saw
Winter freeze, spring thaw
In heat
Enthrall
To the beat
Ethereal
Surreal
Human ordeal

From the album ME and db

bookmark_borderStrutter Man Blues

Strutterer.mp3

Music – Eck / Brouse
Lyrics – Brouse
Matt – Banjo
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards (Bandoneon and Fiddle), Vocals
Chords – F Bb C

LYRICS
Do you really want to mess with this
A strutter with a stutter
What’s the matter
Confess
Strutter stu, stu, stu, stutterer
No joke
Do you really want to poke
n’ prod
Sad sod
Cracked egg
Mercy beg
Face yoke
No joke
All the King’s horses
And all the King’s men
Have no clue where you’ve been

From the album ME and db

bookmark_borderSomething Gypsy-like Strut

Something Gypsy-like Strut.mp3

Music – Eck / Brouse
Lyrics – Brouse
Matt – Banjo
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards (Bandoneon and Fiddle), Vocals
Chords – G# G

LYRICS
Something gypsy-like strut
Sure thing to shake your…
But…
Let it rattle
Let it roll
End the battle
Of the droll
May the mirthful
Take their toll

“His unique brand
Of droll
Self-mockery”
Join the band
And stroll
Some strutting (Struttering)
No! No if, and or but’s
Hey, hey, hey
Say
You’re shaking our…
But, but, but, but’s

From the album ME and db

bookmark_borderBell

Bell.mp3

Music – Reinhart / Brouse
Lyrics – Brouse
Rick – Bass, Guitar
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Matt Eck – Banjo
James – Audience
Chords: Em

LYRICS
What the hell?
Clear-as-a-bell
See-saw
Teeter tottering
On the brink
Civil-annihilation
Humanitarian
Starvation
Historian
Degradation
Can I count on you
To lean into
Terrestrial realization
Down to earth birth
Singing earthlings
Sky blue blues
They say
They went away
Turned gray

Crawl out of the fright
Crawl in into the light
Walk out of the night
Talk of the found light

From the album R.R. Crossing

bookmark_borderPedestrians With Headphones

Pedestrians With Headphones.mp3

Featuring “Scenes From Vietnam”

Music – Reinhart / Brouse
Lyrics – Brouse
Rick – Bass, Guitar
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Matt Eck – Banjo
James – Audience
Chords: Dm D

LYRICS
Walking down the street
Head buried deep
Shedding all mystique
Into the crosswalk creep
Really not that far
From being hit by a car
Oblivious
To all of us

Before you end up old
Come out of your own world
Before you end up dead
Listen to what you said

How come you’re in the midst of Vietnam
Lost calm… a pig slaughtered… turned to ham
Singing the Napalm Psalm Song
Head in the sand for how long?
Do you think we might
See the new day’s light?

From the album R.R. Crossing

bookmark_borderHer Ocean’s Night

Music – Reinhart / Brouse
Rick – Bass, Guitar
Daniel – Keyboards, Drums, Clocks and other Timing Devices
Matt Eck – Banjo
Chords: C7 C Dm

INSTRUMENTAL

Her Ocean’s Night.mp3

From the album R.R. Crossing

bookmark_borderLove Song for the Mayan Mermaid

Love Song for the Mayan Mermaid.mp3

Lyrics – Brouse
Rick – Bass, Guitar
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Matt Eck – Banjo
James – Audience
Chords: C Am G Em

LYRICS
Welcome to the air
My Dear
Though I know not how you breath
Yet, it’s clear you’re here
So, now I know
My eyes to believe
How the scales fit your hips
On the other hand
How to understand
You’ve hands and lips?
How can we meet
How can we complete compete
With survival
Of all
As the fittest
At best
Our quest
To be we
(Oui, oui)

Will you be my Mayan mermaid
And, I’ll try to be your humane human man?
Maid/made please don’t clean my memory
Of what my third-eye can see

From the album R.R. Crossing

bookmark_borderSt. Dennis Fair

Music – Reinhart / Brouse
Lyrics – Brouse
Rick – Bass, Guitar
Daniel – Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Matt Eck – Banjo
Chords: A D A E D

LYRICS
St. Dennis Fair
Been there?
St. Dennis Fair
Are you, too?

A stilt walking musician
Said, “I’ll meet you there.”
Where a larger than life
Ferris wheel
Became real
Talk about zeal
To the beat
IN the summer heat
Hot girls hot
In their tube-tops
Trying not
To run from cops
If it starts to rain
Will we remain
In your stride
On the ride
Going roundabout
Guys shout
Gals scream
Living the dream

St. Dennis Fair.mp3

From the album R.R. Crossing