Brave Dave Music
Ten years of picking up the guitar, chasing tone, and turning it into songs. Now it's all here — stream the recordings, browse the sessions, and come along for the next one.
Ten years in, still chasing the next song.
What started as a few chords learned on a borrowed guitar turned into a decade of practice, gear tinkering, and late-night writing sessions. These days that means original songs, home-recorded and mixed track by track, built around real playing rather than studio polish.
“Most men live lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
“The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.”
“Occam as a deity and the allegorical use of sympathetic planets works well. Earth’s soliloquy of destruction gives over to resolution. In the end, Occam reclaims and we’re left to realize our lack of stewardship. The simplest explanation is usually correct.”
Latest tracks
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What Am I Going to Do 3:52
Lyrics
A thunderous heard chases me out of town And I scream down the road on Route 1 Eastbound I took their money and I had their women Now they want my head but I intend on living Poker is my game and I know how to win I always play for blood be it mine or his Lady Luck’s a whore but you can rent her for a dime With her on your arm these cards will play just fine What am I going to do How will I get away What am I going to do Don’t want to die today I do love the ladies that’s always been true Old ones, married ones, girls in shiny black shoes Ones wearing business suits and the maids who do the chores Now their girls are women and their wives are whores More money yes and definitely more sex Greed is a demon and he’s not satisfied yet I could have had just a little but I wanted one more He screamed he was going to kill me as I hit the backdoor What am I going to do How will I get away What am I going to do Don’t want to die today Come on baby gotta go much faster They are still in my mirrors and it’s me they’re after Route 1 is my last chance to get out and head down Somewhere south of the border out of this town I crest the hill doing a hundred and five They’re still on my ass but I’m still alive That road block ahead you know it can’t stop me I drop her into low so I can pick up some speed What am I going to do How will I get away What am I going to do Don’t want to die today Everything slows down when you’re moving that fast The trees are a blur as I rocket on past Ending this way is definitely not what I want But we all knew it would happen, isn’t that the point? What am I going to do How will I get away What am I going to do Don’t want to die today What am I going to do How will I get away What am I going to do Don’t want to die today
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Tow Truck of Love 2:40
Lyrics
When your heart is broken and can go no further Your engine is blown you feel like young Werther You know who to call I’ll be there in a hurry I’m the tow truck of love there’s no need to worry I can pull you from the ditch so full of pain Get you rolling down love’s highway once again If your love is flat and unable to roll I’m there with a spare there will be no toll I’m the Tow Truck of love come take a ride with me 24/7 service to clean up love’s debris I’m the Tow Truck of love come take a ride with me 24/7 service to clean up love’s debris You were in a crash your airbags deployed Hit by a careless driver left on the side of the road They might have thought you dead or just didn’t care But I’m on my way with no time to spare I’m the Tow Truck of love come take a ride with me 24/7 service to clean up love’s debris I’m the Tow Truck of love come take a ride with me 24/7 service to clean up love’s debris I’ve got a big old truck with a big ass wench Just right for getting broken hearts out of the ditch I’ll hook up my steel cable to your tiny little frame And pull you from the ditch and get you on love’s highway again. I’m the Tow Truck of love come take a ride with me 24/7 service to clean up love’s debris I’m the Tow Truck of love come take a ride with me 24/7 service to clean up love’s debris
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Two Time Wife 3:26
Lyrics
They were perfect with a love so strong Then the two became one just like a beautiful love song They grew and lived they aged and learned They loved and they laughed but one day it all turned He could not remember he started to forget It started very slowly but soon all his memories left He forgot his age he forgot his friends He forgot his past he forgot where he lived And then one day the worst one in his life Forgot the most precious thing forgot she was his wife Her heart was broken but she pushed on She cared for him she tried to be strong For both of them she kept the love She always smiled she always hugged He did not know her but he felt her gift And then one day the fog began to lift He looked into her eyes and he took her hand He then said something only she could understand I know I am different than I was long ago But there is something about you that I really must know Will you be mine and please marry me It is the only thing I want it is what I need to see I feel like I know you but then I don’t The hole inside my mind can only be filled by your heart She married him the next day and took away his fears In fact, she married him every week for the next ten years She was and still is, his two time wife She saved his life not once, she saved it twice
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Heart Next to Mine 3:00
Lyrics
You know I will always be around To pick you up when you are down My feelings for you I can’t define Put your heart up next to mine When you feel you need a friend I’m there to lift you up again You can catch me anytime Put your heart up next to mine Embrace me my beautiful friend Let’s share a great big hug Our spirits will play together I have nothing for you but love Embrace me my beautiful friend Let’s share a great big hug Our spirits will play together I have nothing for you but love My love for you it never weakens I love you in all four seasons Our time together is divine Put your heart up next to mine If the sky is falling down on you There’s nothing in the world that I wouldn’t do Remove your fears, make sure you’re fine Put your heart up next to mine. Embrace me my beautiful friend Let’s share a great big hug Our spirits will play together I have nothing for you but love Embrace me my beautiful friend Let’s share a great big hug Our spirits will play together I have nothing for you but love Be yourself, not someone else You are perfect as you are The inner light makes you shine Put your heart up next to mine.
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Pirate 4:28
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If I was a pirate I’d sail upon your sea Through your straits and calm waters to where your love will be Past your islands and your reefs into your open sea Into your deep fathoms where you’ll be waiting for me. My treasure map will show me the way and shows me what to see The X marks the spot where I know your love will be My ship will follow the stars through your water so blue Straight to your heart where I feel your love so true. I drop my anchor as I arrive at the X I feel your love as I stand upon my deck I have found your treasure and am as rich as a king I swim in your love as it washes over me. There is no return trip from this voyage I am on Why would I leave heaven to return to my world I scuttle my ship and dive into your waters I swim down to your heart where nothing else matters. I drop my anchor as I arrive at the X I feel your love as I stand upon my deck I have found your treasure and am as rich as a king I swim in your love as it washes over me. My love is fluid as the water that surrounds me It ebbs and it flows it know just where to be Our oceans are one as we have always been shown Engulfing each other til there are no borders known. I drop my anchor as I arrive at the X I feel your love as I stand upon my deck I have found your treasure and am as rich as a king I swim in your love as it washes over me.
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Don't Talk to Me About Life 3:24
Lyrics
Don’t talk to me about life Until you’ve held a dead baby in your arms And gazed upon her small lifeless body And wondered what went wrong A tiny hole in her heart Or so it was they say A massive crater in her mother For now and everyday She looked to be asleep And surely soon would awake Exquisitely small and beautiful All dressed in flowers and lace Don’t talk to me about life Until you’ve held a dead baby in your arms And heard the screams and mournful cries Of a mother who can’t go on Don’t dare to speak of god’s will Or how she is in his arms For this gives no comfort To one who has lost it all I held that child close to my heart And begged for a way to make hers start Share my lifeforce o little one And let it make you whole again As my tears fell upon her face I slowly wiped them away And felt that I had somehow failed To bring comfort on this day Don’t talk to me about life Until you’ve held a dead baby in your arms And swore you’d bargain with the devil For that elusive life-giving charm This was o so long ago But she’s never far away I can still close my eyes And see her face to this day I’ll hold this little one forever Inside my heart and mind It’s something that I’ll never forget As I journey through space and time