Turn It Around
from If I Could Live Long Enough by Tobin Mueller
Turn it around
and see what's following you.
Turn it around;
find someone to talk too.
Turn it around
and watch the world surround you.
Turn it around.
Come turn it upside down.
Turn it around
and see where you are leading.
Turn it around.
Turn all the world around.
Dance - till all the strings unwind.
Dance - shake the weight off of your mind.
Dance without end.
Take someone's hand.
Dance to let go.
Dance without end.
Take someone's hand.
Dance with the flow.
Dance without end.
Take someone's hand.
Dance till you know.
Come and dance with me.
Feel how to be free.
You can dance this life.
You can feel alive.
Come and dance with me.
Feel how to be free.
Come and dance this life
just to feel alive.
Dance, dance.
Turn it around.
Round and round and round and round.
Just turn around. Turn yourself around.
Turn it around. Come turn the world around.
Turn it around.
Come turn the world around.
Turn it around.
©2004 Tobin Mueller
Back in 2004 I was working on Asian pop tunes, writing a song a day (composing them in the morning, recording them in the afternoon, mixing them in the evening) when an onlline songwriting group I was involved in had a contest to make "new" 80's music. I thought I could kill two birds with one stone. (The great thing about writing Asian pop music was that the lyrics made no difference, because they would all be rewritten by another writer later on in the process.) I had never written an 80's "dance" song, so I gave it a try.
You know how sometimes when you've been dancing for hours, you feel fantastic? Exhausted and sweaty and extremely satisfied? Did you ever wonder that if everyone could feel like that the world would be a better place? That's the basis of this song. Plus, the idea of turning one's life around, like in a dance. Nothing profound, in fact, purposefully a little silly -- it's just meant to make you want to dance.
The artwork is a self-portrait, a puppet cutting his own strings. It looks just like me when I was 17 years old. (Yes, a Pinocchio geek. How often was I dangling above the dance floor back then, tangling up my own strings?)
The song is dedicated to Andy, who came to visit one day and stayed around for months, but, most importantly, danced all the way thru my first mix of the tune. (He did a great Grover imitation.)
I did another song in 2007 with a similar feel. If you are interested, please see this Bonus Track: You Can't Touch Me.
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