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

Ms Karma
Words and Music c2025
Melanie E Broussard

You broke my heart and left it in pieces on the floor
Stomped on it and said "I don't love you anymore"
You never even tried to explain
You crowned yourself, king of my pain

Chorus
Now Ms Karma will come visit you
And give you a lesson to learn
When you break a heart in two
The Wheel of Karma's gonna turn...
And run right over you boy,
My heart ain't your little toy.

Your day of reckoning will come very soon
Then your heart will sing a brand new tune
Lying there in pieces on the ground
Poor King of Pain,  you're gonna lose that crown

Chorus

Now Ms Karma can be a real bitch sometimes
Don't you know
I'm cheerin' her on..
You go girl go!

MS KARMA

Llumine (2025)
Written by Josephine Pascoe & Neil Thom
Piano, Rhodes, keyboards, synths, strings & flute by Josephine Pascoe.
Bass & drums by Neil Thom.
Produced & engineered by Neil Thom.

Llumine

Together We Can

WINGS DON'T MAKE US ANGELS
Words and Music c2025 Melanie E Broussard

A one-legged bird learns to make it
Using wings that fit her like a glove
When she sees a worm she'll take it
Back to the nest to give it up in love
So all will rise above

CHORUS
Wings don't make us angels you know
No matter how hard we try
We must learn to love and lift every soul
That's the day we learn how to fly
Oh yeah, learn how to fly

We want to fly so bad we could taste it
When we fail our tears hit the ground
When we get a chance we waste it
All that pain keeps us earthbound
Time to go up not down

CHORUS

Bridge
Spread your wings and scatter love all around
If ya do, I promise you
Your feet will never touch the ground

CHORUS

Outro
Spread those wings and scatter that love
They'll be rejoicing in heaven up above
We gotta learn, we gotta learn how to fly..
We gotta learn, gotta learn how to fly.

WINGS DONT MAKE US ANGELS

The Kangaroo Waltz

Dedicated to the helpers.. they are the light workers indeed.

LIGHT WORK
Words and Music c2025 
Melanie E Broussard

V1
Waves of the river lapping at the door
In the darkness its hard to believe anymore
The pink of dawn brings flashlights shining
Rescuers arrive in divine timing 

CH 

Many hands make light work they say
Who the hell are they anyway
They’re the ones who make darkness recede
And the light work indeed.


V2
A battered woman arrives at the shelter
Shaking and screaming  God help me tonight
Gentle hands reach out to help her
Out of that darkness into the light

CH

Many hands make light work they say
Who the hell are they anyway
They’re the ones who make darkness recede
And the light work indeed

Solo

Chorus and Fade Out

LIGHT WORK

MORE YESTERDAYS THAN TOMORROWS
Words and Music ©2025
Melanie E Broussard

CHORUS
There’s no more time to beg, steal, or borrow
When you got more yesterdays, than tomorrows.

V1
Perspective is all about where you’re standing
Slam on the brakes, here comes your crash landing
Or you can move
With purpose in the world and your own groove
And then do, what you came here to.

CHORUS

V2
Perspective is all about where you’re standing
When you become a little less demanding
You learn to love, strong and true
And to cherish those who love you.

CHORUS

V3
Perspective is all about where you’re standing
Don’t look now here comes your rebranding
Because you know
It’s gonna be ok, no matter which way you go…

CHORUS

More Yesterdays Than Tomorrows

Mel Broussard draws inspiration from travel and nature to write songs and instrumental compositions.  She is a member of the Houston Songwriter's Association.  Follow her on Facebook and Youtube under the name Sejour Dans Le Son.  "Stay in the sound"..