SHINE

Words and Music c 2022
Melanie E Broussard

Point your flashlight up at the sky
On a starry, starry night
Look at that star winking back at you
There you will find your light.   

Open your heart and let love in
I promise you will see
That light will shine from within
So very brightly.

Go ahead and dream
You are brave enough, brave enough
To shine.
Brave enough to shine.

Standing there at the crossroads   
Wondering which way to go.
How many times can you ask yourself
Before you are gonna know?

Life is not one singe path
Tied up neatly with a bow
Shine your light , blaze your own trail
So that others may follow.

Go ahead and dream
You are brave enough, brave enough
To shine.
Brave enough to shine

Look at that star winking back at you
You’re gonna shine that light
I just know it’s true
Be brave, oh you gotta be brave
Life ain’t just one single path 
Tied up in a bow, oh no
Shine that light and  blaze your own trail 
And one day we can follow.

Go ahead and dream
You are brave enough, brave enough
To shine
Brave enough to shine.

SHINE-2022

We can all be kinder.  We need to learn to Be

Learn to Be

SUMMERTIME
Words and Music ©2022
Melanie E Broussard

Na na na na,  oh its summertime
Na na na na, yes its summertime

Sunshades, big waves
Show me the latest dance craze
Oh its summertime
Yes its summertime

Pool toys, girls and boys
Makin’ lots of noise
Oh its summertime
Yes its summertime

Hey I got new grass
Will its last
Get off that lawn before I kick your..
Oh its summertime
Yes its summertime

Give that attitude some latitude my friend
Chase your blues away its a sunny, sunny, day
Ah yeah its summertime.
Yes its summertime

Love sparks, in the park
Fishin in the dark
Yes its summertime
Yes  its summertime

Na na na na, oh its summertime
Na na na na,.. its summertime.

SUMMERTIME

RISE UP
Words and Music ©2022 by Melanie E Broussard

Dmaj 7, 			Gmaj7
Lying on your back staring into space
Dmaj7    		         Gmaj7
Tears streaming down your face
Dmaj7               Gmaj7
Friend I’m tellin’ you, things will turn around
Dmaj7                                  Gmaj7
Soon as you lift your head off the ground
D                       Em
Rise up, c’mon Rise up

Sitting on that bench, lookin’ woebegone
So much that life has piled on.
Wish I had magic words to say
Life won’t always be this way.
Rise up, c’mon rise up.

G                      Fm             E
If you don’t try you’ll never know..
G             A7                 D  Em
Just how high you can go..
D  Em,    D  Em,   D     Em.
Rise up, rise up, rise up

BRIDGE
Bm      		C		G
I’m not telling you anything new
Bm	      C            G		 A7
You know what you got to  do
D				  Em
Rise up, c’mon rise up, rise up

The weight of the world crushes a soul
Don’t dig yourself a deeper hole.
You will work it all out in time.
Find a ladder and start that climb.
Rise up, c’mon rise up.

If you don’t try you’ll never know
Just how high… you can go.
Rise up, rise up, rise up.

RISE UP

Words and Music c 2023 by Melanie E Broussard

Walking into that wayward door
Living in the past
Then the future comes calling so fast

One step forward, two steps back
Won’t get you out of the weeds.
Spinning wheels never succeed.

Pre-Chorus
Living in the present…
is the best gift you can give to yourself.

Chorus
You gotta walk (WALK) in the now..
I didn’t hear you sing a little louder
Walk (WALK) in the now.
Walk in faith, walk in hope
And with love, thank heaven above.

If you don’t mind it don’t matter
So live while you can
Life never goes according to plan.

Romance or road trip
Come out of your shell
Write the stories that time will tell.

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Walk in The Now

Houston Songwriter's Association "Song of The Month" Award Winner

Another Revolution
Words and Music ©2016,2024 Melanie E Broussard

Verse 1
Whispers seeking ears on the street
Flowing like a river beneath your feet
Listen you can hear them all around
Slithering like a snake on the ground

Verse 2
Rumors grow where whispers appear
Fomenting, the people’s fear.
Lies or truth, doesn’t really matter.
What matters, is the chatter.

PRECHORUS
Isn't this how it always begins
Once again we are here my friends.

CHORUS
Another revolution, the righteous have won.
Another tyrant, his work undone
Another lesson we have failed to learn
We get the fate that we earn.

Verse 3
People take to the streets with passion
Make their wars in the new day’s fashion.
Pitch forks turn to cannon, and then guns.
So many ways to kill each other’s sons.

Verse 4
Battles are won a winner declared
People hide in their homes still scared.
Soldiers decorate each other with medals
Would-be tyrants learn to work the pedals.

PRECHORUS
CHORUS

CHORUS

ANOTHER REVOLUTION

SHE KNOWS
Words and Music c2024 Melanie E Broussard

She runs away from him every night
But the doors are all closed
Bruises arise despite her flight
Hidden under her clothes

Mr Thunder rolls
Over her immortal soul
Flattened like play-doh
But he will never know

She knows
She knows
She knows
But she can’t tell a soul

Trapped in a corner with no way out
Nowhere left to turn
All she can hear is the sound of his shout
As one more dinner burns

Mr Thunder slaps
Insanity snaps back complete collapse
A gun lets a bullet go
But he will never know

She knows
She knows
She knows
But she can’t tell a soul

SHE KNOWS

Howard Stern - Dave Matthews Interview 6 - 25 - 18

Go, Go, Butterfly

This song calls upon all of us to invoke "the better angels of our nature" during troubled times.

ANGELS ARISE
Words and Music ©2019 by Melanie E Broussard

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Christmas-Let There Be Peace on Earth

Mel Broussard draws inspiration from travel and nature to write songs and instrumental compositions.  She is a member of the Houston Songwriter's Association.

Go, Go, Butterfly

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