Tarra-Warra, Shake Out IslandVibes (Fire Cut)

[Start] [Intro – Spoken / Bright Guitar Skank / Sunny Organ] Good morning, good morning. Today we learn a little word or two. Not too much, no. Just enough to bother the bartender politely. [pause] Listen good now. [Band Comes In – Easy Daytime Roots Reggae] [Verse 1] Tour bus roll in by the seaside road Big straw hats and a camera load Sunblock shining like brand-new paint Everybody smiling like they got no complaint Old man laughing by the coconut stand Says, “Take it easy, let me teach you, my friend” When your suitcase wheel go clack-clack-boom Don’t fuss too loud in the hotel room [Pre-Chorus] When the little trouble start And you feel it in your chest Don’t throw bad words Just give them little rest Say it soft Say it clean Say the funny little thing If you know what I mean [Chorus] Tarra-warra, shake out Let the small thing roll away Slap weh, one love That’s the lesson for today Tarra-warra, shake out Put a smile upon your face Slap weh, one love Good vibes all over the place [Verse 2] If the drink come late And the sun too hot Tarra-warra, friend That’s the word you got If your shoulders tight From the airport line Shake out, shake out You will soon feel fine If the band play sweet And the bassline swell Slap weh, slap weh That mean very well When the whole room sing And the day feel right One love, one love From morning into night [Pre-Chorus] Not too fast Not too loud Let it float like breeze Through the happy crowd Learn one word Then learn two Now the whole beach bar Is afraid of you [Chorus] Tarra-warra, shake out Let the small thing roll away Slap weh, one love That’s the lesson for today Tarra-warra, shake out Put a smile upon your face Slap weh, one love Good vibes all over the place [Break – Call-and-Response] When you almost say a bad word? (Tarra-warra!) When your shoulders need freedom? (Shake out!) When the food taste sweet? (Slap weh!) When we all come together? (One love!) Again now! Bad word? (Tarra-warra!) Shoulders? (Shake out!) Good thing? (Slap weh!) Everybody? (One love!) [Verse 3] Now the Uptown people by the poolside rail Practicing loud with a rum punch trail Bartender sigh but he smiling still Hear “slap weh” bouncing off the windowsill Little old auntie selling mango slice Says, “Careful now, don’t say it twice” But the children laugh and the grown folks sway Everybody learn in a sunny-day way No big lecture No chalkboard line Just a little language With a little sunshine If you leave here happy And you come back soon Say one love under the afternoon moon [Bridge – Softer / Warm Organ] Every place got a rhythm Every people got a tongue Every word got a story From the old to the young So speak it gentle Speak it kind Leave some room For the roots behind A little word can open A little door But respect say Learn one more [Final Chorus] Tarra-warra, shake out Let the small thing roll away Slap weh, one love That’s the lesson for today Tarra-warra, shake out Put a smile upon your face Slap weh, one love Good vibes all over the place Tarra-warra, shake out Sing it walking down the bay Slap weh, one love Now you’ll say it every day [Outro – Spoken / Band Riding Bright] Very nice. Now please... do not shout it at the bartender all afternoon. [pause] You will anyway. Tarra-warra. [End]