{"id":1839,"date":"2012-07-11T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2012-07-11T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T16:35:27","slug":"the-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2012\/07\/11\/the-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1851\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Rat-Writing-the-Song-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1851\" title=\"The-Rat-Writing-the-Song (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Rat-Writing-the-Song-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Writing the Song *The Rat* in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Rat-Writing-the-Song-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Rat-Writing-the-Song-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Rat-Writing-the-Song-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Writing the Song *The Rat* in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LYRICS<br \/>\nThe rat<br \/>\nWields the bat<br \/>\nAnd, thinks that&#8217;s that<\/p>\n<p>Well, this cat is resilient<br \/>\nAnd, he doesn&#8217;t take can&#8217;t, don&#8217;t or won&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>The rat<br \/>\nWields the bat<br \/>\nAnd, thinks that&#8217;s that<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve got to awake<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t just take, take, take<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ygraine.membrane.com\/daniel-brouse\/baby-formula\/the-rat.mp3\"> The Rat .mp3<\/a> (free MP3 download)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ygraine.membrane.com\/daniel-brouse\/baby-formula\/The-Rat-How-To-Play-the-Guitar-by-Daniel-Brouse.mp4\"> The Rat (How To Play the Guitar) .mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ygraine.membrane.com\/daniel-brouse\/baby-formula\/The-Rat-the-Guitar-by-Daniel-Brouse.mp4\"> The Rat (Writing the Guitar Part) .mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ygraine.membrane.com\/daniel-brouse\/baby-formula\/pictures\/\">pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1852\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1852\" title=\"Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"The SWAT Truck\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SWAT Truck, Whitpain Township Police Department, Blue Bell, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ABOUT<br \/>\nCapo 2<br \/>\nPlayed with a 5-string guitar (no G-string)<br \/>\nKeep index finger on A-5 string C# (for the most part)<br \/>\nF# variations with a beating beat<\/p>\n<p>Written and recorded July 9, 2012 outside the Whitpain Township Police Department, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The song is about a dangerous mental illness that some people in authority develop &#8212; the militant attitude. On two separate occasions Whitpain Township Police officers sent me to the hospital, not to mention a host of other atrocities. In neither incident was I charged with a crime. Why do some people get pleasure from inflicting pain?<\/p>\n<p>Daniel &#8211; guitar, percussion, vocals<\/p>\n<p>from the album <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ygraine.membrane.com\/daniel-brouse\/baby-formula\/\">Baby Formula<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nby <a href=\"http:\/\/KingArthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/wordpress\/daniel\/\">Brouse<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1850\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1850\" title=\"Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA (4)\" src=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-4-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"The Whitpain Township Police Department, Blue Bell, PA 19422\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Whitpain-Township-Police-Department-Blue-Bell-PA-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Whitpain Township Police Department, Blue Bell, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LYRICS The rat Wields the bat And, thinks that&#8217;s that Well, this cat is resilient And, he doesn&#8217;t take can&#8217;t, don&#8217;t or won&#8217;t The rat Wields the bat And, thinks that&#8217;s that You&#8217;ve got to awake You can&#8217;t just take, take, take &nbsp; The Rat .mp3 (free MP3 download) The Rat (How To Play the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,14],"tags":[988,198,303,318,356,367,3216,556,578,613,1080,707,720,759,782,1059,897,1081],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chords","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-album","tag-daniel-brouse","tag-folk","tag-free-mp3-downloads","tag-god","tag-guitar","tag-lyrics","tag-music","tag-new","tag-original","tag-rat-bastards","tag-religion","tag-rock","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-the-meaning-of-life","tag-vocals","tag-whitpain-township-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1854,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}