bookmark_borderGlorious Us

LYRICS
Ohh, I thought I heard her say
She wants Santa to come this way
Ohh glorious us
Bless Christmas Day

Ohh, she’s God’s gift to the world
She’s what makes the pearly gates pearled
You’ll be answered if you pray
Bless Christmas Day

Ohh, she’s got God’s good grace
Angel written all over her face
Hallelujah, ya!
The Lord formed man as of clay
Bless Christmas Day

Glorious Us Christmas Song Music Video.mp4

Glorious Us.mp3

Glorious Us Video and Audio Recording
Glorious Us Video and Audio Recording

ABOUT THE SONG
Capo 1
E A
B7

A song about getting an angel as a Christmas present.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Jungled
by Daniel Brouse

More Christmas

bookmark_borderFooling

LYRICS
You may want to be careful with what it is you say
For a fool blurts it out removing all doubt
A mother would always say
“If you don’t have anything nice to say,
Don’t say anything at all.”
Subtle as a cannon ball
Why not just give way…
Save it for another day

Time to get back to schoolin’ for foolin’
Prompt something kind to come to mind
Thennnn… shout it out
That’s what I’m talkin’ about

What the world needs today is a lil’ more love
Let’s see if we all can rise above
Put more sanity into our reality
And, see shining from sea to shining sea
(shining from sea to shining see shining from sea to shining see)

Fooling Music Video.mp4

Fooling.mp3

Fooling Audio and Video Studio Session
Fooling Audio and Video Studio Session

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Am
Am C Em Am
Am Em

This song was inspired by a “friend’s” post on Facebook.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers

Production And Engineering — Live 1-track stereo recording. Takamine acoustic/electric guitar, Casio WK-3500, MicroKorg, Alesis controller/laptop/Ableton software, DigiTech vocal effects, clean vocals through a Sennheiser microphone, Beringer mixboard, Flip video and Tascam digital recorder.

From the album Stuck Together
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSticky Situation


LYRICS
Abomination
A black-eyed nation
Finding ourselves
In a sticky situation

Doing the same thing over and over agin’
Thinkin’… this time it won’t be the same
That’s just insane
Doing the same crime throughout time
Stuck in a rut of the moral lame
Slain our own brain

Appropriation
Of the Indian nation
Finding ourselves
In a sticky situation

Hypocrites fighting agin’ immigration
Thinkin’ we’ll be the ones to survive a purification
Hallucination
But yes indeed through our greed we succeed
In winning the war on self-mutilation
Degradation

Sticky Situation Police Brutality and Corruption in Pennsylvania.mp4

Sticky Situation Music Video.mp4

Sticky Situation.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Capo 2
Em G/Em
Em Am
Em C D Em

This song is about hating hate. I’ve been assaulted by the police more times than anyone I know. I’ve been assaulted by police in Montgomery County, Chester County and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I’ve witnessed police and federal agencies assaulting people in many more locals. It has never been about race. After reading a bunch of racist posts about police brutality and corruption, I go on to read hate posts about immigration. Hello, Earthlings?!?! Is there anyone home? (Still no sign of intelligent life.)

The video features articles, pictures and footage of police intimidation, police brutality and police corruption by The Doylestown Police Department, The Whitpain Township Police Department, The Lower Providence Police Department, The West Chester Police Department, The Philadelphia Police Department, Homeland Security, U.S. Fish And Wildlife, U.S. Park Rangers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Stuck Together
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderStuck Together

LYRICS
Cinderella says, “You’re an ordinary fella…
If the shoe fits, wear it.”

What are we gonna do
When the human-centric view
Gets thrown to askew
’cause of all we do

What are we gonna do
When it all comes true
From many to a few
’cause of all we do

Looks like we’re in this together
Stuck together for forever
The question is whether
Forever is over

As it so happens The End Of Times rhymes

Stuck Together Music Video.mp4

Stuck Together.mp3

Making Music And Videos
Making Music And Videos

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Am C
Am C Em

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

An original song about what Earthlings are doing to Earth and the recent protests over police brutality.

From the album Stuck Together
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderWoodstock Folk

Woodstock NY Folk Song
Woodstock NY Folk Song

LYRICS
Halfway to the North Pole
Wondering what’s our goal
Gonna pop a cork
In upstate New York

The music scene’s been seen
Does the pop go on top?
Is what the critics deem
Considered on the spot?

Stop! Think on our own… why not?

If you’re not careful you will
Catch a death of a chill
The winter’s cold upon the hill
Standing on the face of a Catskill

Grab a recorder and guitar
Create a lyric… write a bar
About the folk of folk
Fires of imagination stoke

Stop! Think on our own… why not?

Woodstock Folk Music Video.mp4

Woodstock Folk (Bob Dylan’s Band).mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Am C EM AM

Inspired by Bob Dylan and The Band. Written in Woodstock, NY.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Whistling

From the album Chill While Possible
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderLittle Pink Shacks


LYRICS
Little pink shacks in the outback
In the Catskills… before the Adirondacks

Chorus
Hey, hey “they shut down the NY (state) thruway”
By the time we got to Woodstock
Believin’ all the folklore talk?

About Bob Dylan
Dunno why I’m afraid of him
Could be sarcasm
Then again, could be the color of his skin

Chorus

Down a dirt road… no place to unload
Puttin’ up a fence… some sort-of defense

Chorus

Little Pink Shacks Music Video.mp4

Little Pink Shacks.mp3

Songwriting and Recording in Woodstock, NY
Songwriting and Recording in Woodstock, NY

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords
Am Am-c Am-c-a
DM7

Inspired by Bob Dylan and The Band’s house. Written and recorded in Woodstock, NY.

Music from Big Pink is the debut studio album by The Band. Released in 1968, it employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, and soul. The music was composed partly in “Big Pink”, a house shared by Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson in West Saugerties, New York. — Wikipedia

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Chill While Possible
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSwallowed Fly


LYRICS
Why did the old lady swallow a spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her
Can you conclude why spray sulfur at a high altitude
I don’t know why we swallowed the fly
Perhaps we’ll die

Manage a moment to ponder solar radiation management
I fear what we geo-engineer
May endanger all we hold dear
Better ask why we’re foggin’ up the sky
Perhaps we’ll die

Why did the old lady swallow the horse
Why did mankind maintain this course
Looks like we beat a dead horse to death
Wake up world we can’t take it with
No matter how you dread… in The End… the old lady’s dead

Swallowed Fly Music Video.mp4

Swallowed Fly.mp3

Swallowed Fly Video Prodcution
Swallowed Fly Video Prodcution

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
D7 D6 G
Interlude — C Am G

A song about Man coming up with crazy schemes in an attempt to mitigate global warming.

Schemes to tackle climate change could prove disastrous for billions of people, but might be required for the good of the planet, scientists say.

That is the conclusion of a new set of studies into what’s become known as geo-engineering.

This is the so far unproven science of intervening in the climate to bring down temperatures.

These projects work by, for example, shading the Earth from the Sun or soaking up carbon dioxide.

Ideas include aircraft spraying out sulphur particles at high altitude to mimic the cooling effect of volcanoes or using artificial “trees” to absorb CO2.

Long regarded as the most bizarre of all solutions for global warming, ideas for geo-engineering have come in for more scrutiny in recent years as international efforts to limit carbon emissions have failed. — BBC

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Chill While Possible
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFirst Snowfall

LYRICS
As the mercury drops
Expectation tops
Awaiting the first flake
Old man winter awake!

Rousts Jack Frost from slumber
Makes the child in us wonder
Dash for the window
Watch the faces glow

Ho, ho, ho

At the first snowflake
Out with the tongue… intake
Covering the treetops
Hoping it never stops

The roads start to cover
School’s gonna be over
Anticipating what we know
Early dismissal here we go!

Ho, ho, ho

First Snowfall Music Video.mp4

First Snowfall.mp3

First Snowfall Songwriting
First Snowfall Songwriting

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
Am Esus
Am Esus Em
Em Am

Recorded Thanksgiving Eve 2014

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Chill While Possible and Christmas Treasures 2014
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHoliday Punch

LYRICS
If the thing you like the most about this time of year
Are how tipsy people get after a dose of Christmas cheer
Here, hear, hear!

Punch drunk (I thunk punch drunk I thunk…)
Hit in the head with thoughts of love
Punch drunk (I thunk punch drunk I thunk…)
Hit in the heart with the light from above

Oh ya know I hate the debate of Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays
Religion is blind when it comes to being kind and how it saves in so many ways
Rays, rays, raise!

Get knocked out of the place where there’s any space in the race for hate
Even Scrooge shed the stooge when he saw his fate… it’s not too late
Unburden the weight
Please don’t wait

Holiday Punch Music Video.mp4

Holiday Punch.mp3

Recording Holiday Punch
Recording Holiday Punch

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
Gb Ebsus4

136 Beats Per Minute / Blues

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderPluck It

LYRICS
Put pick to string
And pluck that thing
(Pluck it! Go ahead and pluck it!)

Pluck it like there’s no tomorrow
(Pluck it! Go ahead and pluck it!)
Pluck the blues when in sorrow
(Pluck it! Go ahead and pluck it!)

Pluck it hard
Pluck it slow
Pluck it every way you know

If you’ve had a hard day trying to bring home pay
Pluck it! It feels good
If you’re not sure how long you’ll endure
Pluck it! You know you should
If you’ve no confidence in your essence
Pluck it! You know you could

Pluck It! Music Video.mp4

Pluck It.mp3

Pluck It – Live In Penn’s Woods.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
E A G E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRock & Roll

LYRICS
If this is rock, then let’s roll
This modern music’s got no soul

Chorus
I wanna play the guitar
Stretch the sound so far
Dance like I’m Irish drinkin’ whiskey from a jar
Dance like we’re Irish drinkin’ whiskey from a jar

Grandma’s pace is takin’ it’s toll
Break out the rock n’ roll stroll

Chorus

For my soul to be whole
Gotta play that rock and roll

Chorus

Rock And Roll Music Video.mp4

Rock And Roll.mp3

Recording Rock And Roll
Recording Rock And Roll

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
Capo 2
E G
D A E

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSleigh Ride

LYRICS
I don’t know if we can go
Dashing through the snow
I don’t have a horse
By the way, I don’t have a sleigh

The way the climate’s changing
From human’s re-arranging
It will be par for the course
If we can’t get snow to lay

Hey, hey, hey
Ho, ho, ho
Don’t know
If we’ll have snow

Will dreams of a white Christmas
Start to fade away
Those days I sure will miss
Oh God hear us pray

Hey, hey, hey
Ho, ho, ho
Don’t know
If we’ll have snow

Sleigh Ride Music Video.mp4

Sleigh Ride.mp3

Songwriting -- Sleigh Ride
Songwriting — Sleigh Ride

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords
G Em Am D
Em G

This is a song inspired by global warming and extreme weather events.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

More from the Christmas Album

bookmark_borderThe Good Samaritan (Inhumane)


LYRICS
The good Samaritan
Thinking he’s humane
But doesn’t grasp the stakes
And how utterly inane
Repeating the same mistakes
Again and again and again

The good Samaritan
Thinking he’s humane
Not considering consequences
Or how ultimately lame
Try on the circumstances
Applied to 1… 5… or 10

Then you’ll know when

After a mile in his shoes walked
Let your talk be talked
Until that time, please refrain
‘less your good deed be deemed inhumane

The Good Samaritan Video.mp4

The Good Samaritan.mp3

The Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan

ABOUT THIS SONG
Inspired by misinformed Good Samaritans trying to defend Arnold Abbott and the feeding of the homeless. See: Arrests for 90-Year-Old Man Who Feeds Homeless Myth

Chords
Am D
C D

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the album Out Of Touch
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderIntegrity


LYRICS
Integrity
There’s a responsibility
Can’t you see… integrity?

Fire!
In a crowded movie theater
Might cause some sort of panic
A stampede

I’m begging you please
Publish with integrity
As though your life depends upon it
Because it does
Once in a while
Might as well wise up

It’s not a matter of a brainstorm
More a matter of doing less harm

Integrity and the responsibility that come with integrity
I guess it comes down to me

Integrity comes with responsibility
As far as my eye can see

Integrity
Please keep up the integrity

If you’re gonna right
If you’re gonna write
Bring to sight
The right responsibility

Integrity Music Video.mp4

ABOUT THIS SONG

I keep seeing all these bogus posts about a man being arrested for feeding the homeless. come on peeps! wake up! it isn’t true. please do your best to publish with integrity. thank you (this goes for corp. taxes, GMO’s, Walmart, chemtrails, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 9/11, etc.) http://everything.membrane.com/arrests-for-90-year-old-man…/
Chords
Em Gadd9 Dsus4

162 Beats Per Minute / Shuffle Rock
160 Beats Per Minute / Oldies Ballad
111 Beats Per Minute / Shuffle Rock

Daniel — Vocals (clean Sennheiser, Digitech effects), Guitar (acoustic and through Vox ToneLab), Casio Workstation and MicroKorg

From the album ToneLab
by Daniel BrouseSyths

bookmark_borderGoing To Pennsylvania


LYRICS
Just keep telling yourself it’s not as hard as it seems
We can wake up and share (in) the dreams

The sun is rising high in the sky
Before the date gets too late
Open our eyes to realize

We won the prize
Open our eyes
We won the prize
Realize

Just keep telling the world what it is life really means
It’s much more than just kings and queens

Take it in a loving embrace
Leave no scars. Leave no trace.
Open our eyes to realize

We won the prize
Open our eyes
We won the prize
Realize

May humanity prosper in the human race

Going To Pennsylvania Music Video.mp4

Going To Pennsylvania.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E D A E
D G A
A C
C E

Inspired by a couple classic rock songs including “Born To Be Wild” and “Going To California”.

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Vox, Keyboards and Synthesizers (live simultaneous 1-track stereo recording)

From the album ToneLab
by Daniel Brouse