Keep My Head High

Music and Lyrics by David Fowler
Arranged and performed by Echo Movement

Behind the Song
All members of Echo work several jobs just to get by and enable time away for touring, etc...and it takes its toll on us. This song represents the utter frustrations (horn sections) and the human ability to collect (ukulele parts) in any overwhelming situation...and we thought it'd help our listeners, too.

Cool Fact
In the third verse, we reference two of our favorite classic rock bands: The Beatles (Fool On The Hill) and The Doors (Light My Fire).

Key Phrase
"My mind will always duel with my soul's desire, so I guess I got to keep my head higher."

Music and Lyrics
When the world's got me stressed, agony of defeat
Dm Gm
And I'm working so damn hard just to make ends meet
Dm
My soul is strolling down a one-way dead-end street
Dm Gm
But I just gotta keep my head high
C Bb F

I say "ohh, I know that I'm gonna get by"
F Bb C Bb F
Ohh, I just gotta keep my head high
F Bb C Bb F


I gotta live today or I'll die trying
In the game of being a man there ain't no crying
I'll keep it to myself when my mind's sighing
But I still gotta show my head's high

[chorus]

It's hard to keep my cool when my world's on fire
On the hill I am the fool, light my funeral pyre
My mind will always duel with my soul's desire
So I guess I gotta keep my head higher