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Vicious

Vicious
@2014 Stephen G Brown



Just one of those things that comes to me from time to time.

I knew that you had done the deed when I first saw your face
I knew that either you or I would die before we left that place
My brother was a happy man, and never meant no harm
But trouble always lead him, and he'd just tag along

Mmm, mmm, mmm

He'd always laughed at danger, he never showed no fear
I bet that he laughed at you when you stuck that pistol in his ear
He knew he had it coming, he didn't want to go
I bet he told you to be ready when his brother showed

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Well I'm his younger brother, my demeanor's not so light
I've got a pistol in my left hand and another in my right
The Lord has claimed that vengeance belongs to only him
But he uses men like me to mete out the payment cold and grim

No there is nothing pretty about the way you cry
Begging for just one more day, cause you don't want to die
Every man is mortal, now listen up, my friend
You cut down my big brother, it's time you meet your end

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Any man who lifts his hand to strike another down
Should have is soul prepared to see his body six feet in the ground
I sleep with one eye open, but I know the day will be
When I come against a man with hands that draw faster than me

Mmm, mmm, mmm

I knew that you had done the deed when I first saw your face
I knew that either you would die before we left that place
My brother was a happy man, and never meant no harm
But trouble always lead him, and he'd just tag along

Psalm 1

Psalm 1
@2014 Stephen G Brown



This was written as a "first fruits" offering for a songwriting group I participate in.  I have an alternate section for the section beginning "He will be like a tree", but I haven't recorded that version yet.


Psalm 1

D
How blessed is the man who does not walk
       C
In the counsel of the wicked,
    G                    D
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
    C
Nor sit in the seat
G                           D
Lord like I do, the seat of scoffers!

D
Blessed the man whose delight is
       C
In the law of the Lord,
    G                 D
And in His law he meditates  (both night and day)

D
He will be like a tree planted by the water
G
A tree that gives good fruit when it's time comes
D
All its leaves stay green, you will not see them wither;
G
And all his does, finds victory.

D
The wicked, my Lord, they are not so,
         C
They are lost like the chaff
G                              D
Lost like the chaff and blown away.

D
The wicked will not stand in the judgment,
C
And sinners have no place among
  G                       D
Among your righteous assembly

        D
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
        C
But the ways of the wicked
    G                       D
The ways of the wicked will perish

Bears

Bears
@2014 Stephen G Brown



This was written for a challenge to write a song about bears.  Here it is.  I hope you'll sing along.

Quiet

Quiet
©2012 Stephen G Brown



I started this in January of 2012, and promptly forgot about it.  I stumble upon it a few days ago, did a bunch more work on it, and, well, here it is.

(Hmm.  I'm not sure when I create this post, but I started it at some point, and promptly forgot about it.  I stumbled on it just now, and, well, here it is.)

I searched for the sheet music from which it was produced, and I can't find it.  :(

Lyrics:

Keep watch with me while I grieve, while I grieve, while I grieve
Peter, sons of Zebedee, Zebedee, sons of Zebedee

Sleep, while you sleep
The hour is at hand
Keep watch with me
While I grieve

Father, take this cup from me
Take this cup, take this cup from me

Sleep, while you sleep
The hour is at hand
Keep watch with me
While I grieve

You can get a PDF of the sheet music here

Where The Broccoli's At

Last year I started publishing songs on FAWM under the name My Stupid Brother.  That's where I put the songs that were just silly and didn't really belong on my brownium account, which is only for very serious stuff.  Very serious indeed.  Anyhow, this was something My Stupid Brother wrote last year.

Where the Broccoli's At
© 2012 Stephen G Brown



Where the broccoli
Where the broccoli
You eat a lot
But you don't get fat
I tell you this
And I tell you that
Where the Broccoli
Where the broccoli's at

Four Minutes

Four Minutes
©2012 Stephen G Brown



This is something that I like to play semi-improvised.  I have all the elements worked out, but I put them together differently when I play it.  I've never managed to get a good take all the way through, so I'm giving you the best I can do.

Woman I Can Trust

I have a wonderful wife.

Woman I Can Trust
©2013 Stephen G Brown



You know she is dependable
She'll never be on time
She'll do just what she says she will
If it don't slip her mind
But I know that I can trust her
With all that matters most
And I'm glad my tender heart is in her hands

I'm headed off to work again
My cloths a wrinkled mess
"At least I got them washed"
She says, in her old wrinkled dress
But never have to wonder
If the kids get what they need
And I'm glad my tender heart is in her hands

Chorus
I know that her heart is as big as a mountain
Her love is deeper than the sea
And I want nothing more than to stay here beside her
And she wants to stay here with me

Well I'll never make a fortune
Hell, I hardly make a dime
I'd give her what she wanted
But all I've got is time
But she never asks for nothing
At least, nothin she don't need
And I'm glad my tender heart is in her hands

Chorus
Instrumental
Chorus

Ain't Hay

This is FARM PUNK!!!

Played by my band Thumper and Smash.  Thumper on bass, Smash on Drums.  Everyone gets some vocals in there.  And here's where you learn that I am no lead guitar player.

Ain't Hay
©2013 Stephen G Brown



hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay

Bermuda, Bahia, Alphapha - THAT AIN'T HAY!
Alphalpha's even better, got more protein - WHAT YOU SAY?

hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay

Cut it, dry it, rake it - MAKE MY DAY DAY!
Bail it with your tractor - AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY!

{SOLO}

hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay

Tifton, Coastal, Saint Augustine - SAY WHAT?
I'm thinking of my lawn - YOU'RE THINKING LIKE A NUT!

hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay
hay hay hay hay

America

America
©2012 Stephen G Brown



Tell me what is America
Is it baseball and apple pie?
Is it guns, guts and glory?
Go team, go

Tell me what is America
Is it burgers and icecream?
Big cars and big houses?
And bigger loans

Thought I knew you
But I was wrong

Tell me what is America
Is it Christmas with snowmen?
Is it Easter with Honey Ham?
And Halloween

Tell me what is America
Is farmers and factories?
Is it where all men live most free
Or is that Amsterdam?

Thought I knew you
But I was wrong

School Time

School Time
©2013 Stephen G Brown



Got up early so I could go to school
Floss my teeth so I won't be a fool
Brought and apple, hope it makes her soft, cause
My teacher, she's so tough

Kids can sometimes be so mean
Thought Sally liked me, but I should have seen
Brought some flowers, hope to make her soft, cause
Sally Rogers, she's so tough

Math is harder than it looks
All those number sittin' in those book
Hope it's easy if I study enough, cause
Algebra, she's so tough

Joey Sanders punched my eye
Hurt a lot, but I didn't cry
Next time I'm hit, I hope I'm hit soft, cause
Getting beat up, that's so tough

Two Forward

I wrote this to keep Smash (my drummer) busy.  He likes it, so that's a good start.  It is meant to be the first in a series of "Prime Number" songs - songs written in time signatures with with prime number time signatures - 5/4, 7/8, 11/8, etc.  But I hate to make promises.

Oh, it it's not really quite finished, but I think it holds together okay as it is.

Two Forward
©2013 Stephen G Brown 



You take two steps forward
One back again
I wish I could make this
Different, my friend

The best I can offer
My best advice
Is just to be thankful
It's once back not twice


You try something different
It comes out the same
You gave all you had
But still lost the game

It's hard to decipher
You don't have a key
The secret is hidden
And don't look at me


round and round and
round and round and
round and round it goes

Washed Me Clean - Cleaner

Washed Me Clean

This is a new recording of an old song.  It's not quite done yet, but what are the chances that I'll get back to it again?  The original was posted 9 July 2011.

Washed Me Clean
© 2011 Stephen G Brown

Jesus died and he saved my soul
Buried my sins in a great big hole
To tell the truth - he washed them all away
He'll do the same if you ask him to
Wash those sins all away from you
And brother, it's good to be clean

Now I've been bad and I've been good
Sometimes do the things I should
But nothing I can do can fix this ragged soul
It's something of a mystery
When Jesus gave his life for you and me
Ours souls - he made them whole

Jesus washed my sins away
When on that cross He died that day
Then from the grave He rose again
He won the victory over sin

Now you ask me why, tell you "I don't know
why sin get's it's teeth so deep in our soul"
Brother Paul wrote many years ago
He does the things that he don't want to
And what he wants is what he just don't do
But Jesus, he makes us whole

Jesus washed my sins away
When on that cross He died that day
Then from the grave He rose again
He won the victory over sin

Jesus died and he saved my soul
Buried my sins in a great big hole
To tell the truth - he washed them all away
He'll do the same if you ask him to
Wash those sins all away from you
And brother, it's good to be clean

Jesus washed my sins away
When on that cross He died that day
Then from the grave He rose again
He won the victory over sin

Jesus washed my sins away
When on that cross He died that day
Then from the grave He rose again
He won the victory over sin

Don't Let Me Down

Inspired by a conversation about alternate guitar tunings.  I'm not sure i made the best use of the tuning, but I think the song came out pretty darn nice.  The guitar tuning is D-G-D-G-B-D, in case you are interested.

Don't Let Me Down
©2013 Stephen G Brown



Light don't fail me, light don't fail me now
Just shine a little more for me somehow
The gloomy shadows grown
And I'm feeling so alone
Don't let me down
Don't let me down

Not so long ago I was still young
And sweeter songs were dancing from my tongue
But time it snuck away
With my joy's from yesterday
Don't let me down
Don't let me down

instrumental

Friend don't leave me, friend don't leave me, no
The dark is waiting for me when you go
A black and moonless night
With no hope for sunlight
Don't let me down
Don't let me down

Beer and Whiskey

What?  I I haven't got the solos added yet?  Whatever.

Beer and Whiskey
©2013 Stephen G Brown



I drank a beer and I chased it down with whiskey
How much better can a breakfast be?
Clears my mind, don't get no
Cereal for me

I woke up fine, just that I was a little thirsty
Musta been that I hadn't had enough last night
I don't know what I did,
Musta did everything alright

I heard it said that it's alway nightime somewhere
And I tell you that is good enough for me
It's always too late, and I won't wait
for my whiskey

Light up
{Harmonica}

Sometimes I stay out late, but the sun comes up so early
Try to get in bed before before I see her rise
But there's gotta be another drink or three
Or four or five

I don't like my friends, I don't think they like me
No I don't like my friends, and I don't think they like me
But a couple of drinks and I dont think
Noone thinks of me

Burn it down
{Bass}

I drank a beer and I chased it down with whiskey
Breakfast is much better than it used to be
Clears my mind don't, get no
Cereal for me

Alone

I was up late one night, working on some other music, and I just sorta fell into this.

Alone
©2013 Stephen G Brown

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice
©2013 Stephen G Brown



I didn't write the words on this one, only made a small adaptation.  Oh, Robert Frost wrote the words.  But he didn't know that they would be put to this song, or he may not have done it.

Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say the world will end in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice

Grace

I woke up Saturday morning from a dream. In the dream, either I, or someone else, was singing grace before a meal at a table with some other folks. The second line of this song was the second line of the grace that was sung. It's all I was able to reassemble from the dream.

Grace
©2013 Stephen G Brown 



Come and join us at this table
Were we all share in God's finest
Ponder sacrifice divine
As we break bread and drink wine

Down On Your Knees

Wrote this during a practice with my band "Thumper and Smash".Credits:

• Smash: Drums
• Thumper: Bass

 Down On Your Knees
© 2013 Stephen G Brown



Think about a time when you didn't want stand up
Think about a time when you wanted to go
Counted on a friend and he didn't even show up
Stepped on the gas but it still went slow

Down on your knees, down on your knees, son
Face to the ground, lift up your please
Look to the Father for an answer
Just get down on your knees

Raining on a day when you wanted it sunny
Not enough change to get another pop
Want to get a drink but you haven't got the money
Neighbor's playing music and you want him to stop

Down on your knees, down on your knees, son
Face to the ground, lift up your please
Look to the Father for an answer
Just get down on your knees

Our Father which art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Forgive us our debts as we forgive those
Who sin against us Amen

Think about a time when you didn't want stand up
Think about a time when you wanted to go
Counted on a friend and he didn't even show up
Stepped on the gas but it still went slow

Down on your knees, down on your knees, son
Face to the ground, lift up your please
Look to the Father for an answer
Just get down on your knees

Just One Use

I was looking through old files and happened upon this bit.  I hope you like it.

Just One Use
©2008 Stephen G Brown