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Obo Medley: Head Full of Dreams/ Whup 3/ Salam​-​A​-​Lay/ Being Saved By Mermaids

from Whup Music by SHAKE YOUR PEACE!

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I've got a head full of dreams that I redeem as my reward,
and my reflection beams in every direction,
and though sometimes it seems there's only one you can record,
there are multicolored streams of many dimensions
and whatever happens next, I hope I will know how by now,
and I hope I will know where when there's nowhere but here!

'Cause I learn from what I live,
and I live for what I love,
and I love the life
I've learned to live!
and I give and I get,
and I get and I give,
and I love the life
I've learned to live!

Whup!

Even at the height of my crest I need some rest I suppose,
when I take my last breath, death'll be my best repose,
whatever happens next, I hope I will know how by now,
and I hope I will know where when there's nowhere but here!

'Cause I learn from what I live,
and I live for what I love,
and I love the life
I've learned to live!
and I give and I get,
and I get and I give,
and I love the life
I've learned to live!

Whup!

Salam-a-lay, ma-lay,
Salam-a-lay, malecun sala

(ay esta!)
there's a party out in the streets!
(ay esta!)
so damn purdy, don't call police!
(ay esta!)
this is your part you can sing it with me - come on!
(oooh ay esta!)

weather alert in these area codes:
(ay esta!)
4-1-5, 5-1-0!
(ay esta!)
wild dancing flooding the roads!
(oooh ay esta!)

everybody's moving in time!
(ay esta!)
every age, every kind!
(ay esta!)
Waist Down Demolition Drumline hit 'em!

Moving at the speed of light...
repeat 'til we get it right...
and if there's nowhere but here I'll know how by now,
as I figure it out

[announcer: "welcome to the ecotopian independence day fireworks extravaganza!"]

Fare thee well,
to my shell,
for I've become,
something else!

And if there's nowhere but here I'll know how by now,
as I figure it out

credits

from Whup Music, released February 1, 2019
“Head Full of Dreams” words and music by Obo Martin, ⓒ Obo Martin. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
“Whup 3” music by SHAKE YOUR PEACE!
“Salam-a-Lay” traditional, with additional words by SHAKE YOUR PEACE!
“Being Saved by Mermaids” words and music by Obo Martin, ⓒ Obo Martin. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Obo Martin isn’t only my friend, he’s also one of the greatest living songwriters and I’ve always thought so ever since I met him. It was at a big campfire out in the front yard of Cedar and Ruby’s house back in 2007. Someone started passing a guitar around, and every time the guitar got to Obo, he sang a song that instantly became my new favorite song. It was like watching Robin Hood hit the bullseye and then keep splitting his previous arrow right down the middle with another arrow.

This song is built primarily out of a couple of fantastic Obo Martin songs, both of which contain the line: “and if there’s nowhere but here I’ll know how by now, as I figure it out,” which is how I thought that they could be linked together. I’m so grateful that Obo Martin is here on earth, and honored to count him as a friend. Check out his music: obomartin.bandcamp.com, and by googling him. Enjoy!

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SHAKE YOUR PEACE! howls out of Goshute, Ute, and Eastern Shoshone land (otherwise known as Salt Lake City, UT)

"Whup" is a rock & roll hybridization of: Afro-Latin and Caribbean rhythms, bluegrass fiddle, gospel choir, marching band percussion, and ecotopian perspectives.
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