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    Fold-out colour booklet of 6 pages with artwork by annA rydeR including cartoons and excerpts from her internet diary of the tour. In jewel case.

    Includes unlimited streaming of annA rydeR's Tour with Fairport Convention '99 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Written by annA rydeR in January 1996
Recorded at Yeovil Octagon Theatre March 24th 1999
This is a live version - for the studio version see Pockets On Fire album

lyrics

My car's broken, my car's bust
It's a worthless pile of rust
Just when I need it, it lets me down
Now how'm I s'posed to get around?
I gotta borrow a motor and borrow some cash n'
Try to keep up with this car-world fashion
'Cos in my life I gotta have some wheels
Without my car you don't know how it feels

ALL MY LIFE ON THESE I'VE RELIED
HEAPS OF METAL WITH ENGINES INSIDE
OIL AND PETROL AND FUMES AND GLASS
CARS, CARS, THEY'RE CALLED CARS

My car's old, my car's a wreck
I wish it worked like something off Star Trek
But I pay out money for fuel and repairs
It makes me curse and it makes me swear
But sometimes I think my car is living
Born on a Friday, loving and giving
And I stroke its dashboard and speak so nice
I say please and thankyou twice

ALL MY LIFE .....
Yeh, yeh

My brakes failed on the motorway
I thought that I'd lived my last day
It swerved to the left and it swerved to the right
AA got me home that night
Well I got it fixed and paid good money
And after a while I even thought it was funny
Til one fine day it happened again
I tell ya this car's driving me round the bend

ALL MY LIFE .....
Yeh, yeh

My car's bust, my car's broke
It's a bad non-running joke
A heap of metal turning to scrap
But really I will love it
It'll be mine to covet
Yes, I'll love it when I get it back
I want my car back
On the tarmac
I want, I want my car

credits

from annA rydeR's Tour with Fairport Convention '99, released August 5, 1999
annA rydeR: keyboard, vocal
Ric Sanders & Chris Leslie: violins
Gerry Conway: drums
Dave Pegg: bass
Simon Nicol: electric guitar

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annA rydeR England, UK

annA rydeR is an original and inventive singer-songwriter with a musical style which spans an array of genres. A multi- instrumentalist with a poetic, intimate lyricism communicating her unique take on the world around her.

annA has played all over the UK and Europe, from small clubs to large festivals, and has six studio albums under her belt, featuring some of British folk's finest musicians. ... more

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