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INSTRUMENTAL
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E pluck with pinky G, D, Bb
Slide E chord up 2 frets
Written and recorded live in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel — Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
When the going gets tough
Do you get going
Or do you hang tough
Is your glass half empty
Or do you see
Nearly overflowing
Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Getting warmer instead of colder
Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Getting younger instead of older
When you’ve had enough
Is your wind blowing
Do you call their bluff
Is you will still carefree
Freewill blasphemy
Or enlightenment from knowing
Chorus
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — A D/A
C G A
D A E A
Written and recorded live in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Tired of all this talk
About the death of rock
The life is in the air
Can’t you see it there?
(Just because we can’t see it there
No matter how you stare
You won’t see it there)
All the talk, talk, talk — “We can’t beat the clock”
At the rumors balk
About the death of rock
The life is in the air
Can’t you see it there?
Even though we can’t see it there
The life is in the air
Take a deep breath in
Let the livin’ begin
Take a deep breath out
Shout out what it’s all about
Catch it on your tongue like a snowflake
Send it up your spine with a shiver and quake
Can you taste it?
Take in a bit
I can smell it
Sniff… take a whiff
The life is in the air
Even if you can’t you see it there
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — G E
A C E
Written and recorded live in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Can you feel the heart pounding
Can you sense the blood flow
Hear the guitar sounding
As you get to know know
A splinter of sunlight just might…
… set it right
Can you feel the pulse;s throb
Twist the mental’s doorknob
Grasp the gravity of our longevity
Distinguish between infinity and immortality
A splinter of sunlight just might…
… set it right
As we sit and stare into the thin air
Have we a care there’s so much more out there
If we were to look out for the lookout
Maybe we’d grasp what it’s all about
A splinter of sunlight just might…
… set it right
Chords — Capo 2
C-c Em Em-e open (on bass strings)
Em
Written and recorded live in Ocean City, New Jersey. Inspired by a comment by Rick Reinhart about feeling “the pulse.”
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
When you find your legs ache
Because you want to shake
For the music to take
You away today
You know…
You can just get the go
Get up and go
Get the go
When your told “break a leg”
It’s for luck they beg
Go ahead and play
Play today away
No piper to pay
You away today
You know…
You can just get the go
Get up and go
Get the go
Chords — Capo 2
C Am
D Am
Em Am
Written and recorded live in Atlantic City, New Jersey with additional footage from the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. Inspired by the people dancing to the music while I wrote the song on boardwalk.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
When did we become the regulator
Rather than the percolator
Crocodile, I’ll see ya later
Not up for the part of eliminator
Seems we’ve become the refrigerator
Cold as ice… Master Baiter
Rather us be the creator
Not up for the part of hesitater
Who needs a regulator
A freedom strangulater
Cracked smile, I’ll see ya later
Ready to become an illuminater
Chords — C C+Bb Am
Bm Em Am
Written and recorded live in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
By the way, in the end game
It doesn’t matter… we’re all dead
Nothing you can do…
Can’t stop the clock
Better change our view
What never dies? Rock!
By the way, in the end game
It doesn’t matter… we’re all dead
No, it ain’t no crying shame
Not a matter to dread
It’s not that far
When you’re a rising star
And start shinning down
You become a son
You can brighten the day
Of those on the way
Illuminate the night
… we just might
Chords — E B
A E B A
Written and recorded live at Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Are we on the eve of more war
Terror torn… feathers and tar… more
… apply wet blankets and baseball bats
Gonna eliminate those dirty rats
Out of the Native American’s eye… cry
No solution to our evolution of pollution
Look in the mirror… see the terrorist is I
By being passive in a non-violent revolution
Have we any belief in turning a new leaf
Have we any hope to alleviate grief
Have we any faith God will bless America
Have we any sense to calm mass hysteria
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em D
C Am Em
Written and recorded live in the USA. On the eve of the anniversary of 9-11, the President announced we were going to war with ISIL (Islamic State).
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Do you ever start thinking a little too much
Imagine a creature behind the hutch
Are you ever overtaken by your head
Imagine a “bad guy” is under your bed
Fear of the unknown
Is your cover blown
Do you ever over-think the situation
Letting rational go on vacation
Do your emotions get the best of you
So you feel there is nothing you can do
Come to realize
Your paralyzed
Quit!
Snap out of it!
Focus
On all of us
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — E hammer on/off b
E slide up 1 fret / half-step
Written and recorded live along the Brandywine Creek, Chadds Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Xenophobe is the fear of the unknown.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
Einstein and Wisenheimer brain storm
The prophets and poets did forewarn
Like a garment that is too well worn
There’s a (w)hole there, and it’s starting to tear
From the lesson what did we learn
The penny we save is the penny we earn?
Like a joke that’s too well worn
There’s a (w)hole there, and it’s starting to wear
Think turns to thank and then to thunk
Instead I’m thinking it should be thanked
Instead of a spirit that smells of skunk
Instead of getting karma spanked
Maybe we should make sure that She’s thanked
“Thank you Mother Earth.
Thank you for this spiritual birth.
Thank you Mother Nature for you natural nurture.”
Think, Thank, Thanked Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 3
D G
D G E A D
Written and recorded live along the Brandywine Creek, Lenape, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
I don’t know whether to be thankful
When it’s “icing on the cake”
Don’t know whether I’m wise of the fool
How much more the world can take
Sometimes it’s too peaceful
A calm before the storm
Gotta be on your guard from the stressful
“Put that in your writing”… sworn… to learn
I don’t know whether to be thankful
When they say “the rest is gravy”
Don’t know whether I’m wise of the fool
When society is lackadaisy
All lackadaisical
All Lackadaisical Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Em+g, +c
Am Am-c Em
Em/E
Written and recorded live at Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Inspired in part by a man walking through the park… listening to me write the song and said, “Sometimes it’s too peaceful. Put that in your writing.”
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse
LYRICS
It’s pretty easy to make a list of things I know
Let’s give ‘er a go
1+1=2
The White House is white, too
Whom is buried in Grant’s tomb
And debate the War Of 1812 date
It’s pretty easy to make a list of things I know
Even so
I know I can’t list what I don’t know
If I know God exists… there’s a twist
At any rate, how can God be good? How can God be great?
It’s pretty easy to make a list of things I know
Let’s give ‘er a go
I know a,b,c
… can sing “from sea to shining sea”
I know we’re meant to be free
And, humans should display humanity
What Do I Know? Music Video.mp4
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — G D C E
A D
E A D G (turn around)
Written and recorded live at Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Daniel — Vocals, Guitar
From the album Thunk
by Daniel Brouse