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Ready And Willing

from Paper Girl by annA rydeR

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    With 16-page booklet in jewel case. Cartoons by annA and graphic design by Mick Toole.

    Studio album released in 2004 on annA’s label RowdyMusic. 14 songs with annA playing piano, guitars, French horns, trumpets, Anklung, Electric harmonium & stylophone. Memorable and exceptional songs beautifully recorded.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Paper Girl via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Written by annA rydeR in June 2001

lyrics

Your optimistic legs walk on a mind’s-eye stage
Your gullible arms reach out to crowds at your door
Your naïve fingers touch a make-believe guitar
And your wishful ears hear a million voices roar
More, more, more…

Your eager lips slip and your keen smile smiles
Your confident shoulders can hold out for miles
And your sure-footed heart on your light-hearted feet
And your hopeful eyes make the people look so sweet
And they shout more, more, more…

AND YOU’RE READY AND YOU’RE WILLING
AND YOU’RE HOPING TO SUCCEED
AND YOU’RE TELLING STORIES TO YOUR HEAD
YOU’RE MAKING YOUR HEART BLEED
YOU’RE MAKING YOUR HEART BLEED

Your crazy-mixed-up songs trapped in a screwed-down head
Your right hand doesn’t know what the left-hand has said
On an all-seeing gatepost hangs an ever-watchful gate
Which opens to a garden handed to you on a plate
Held out for more, more, more…

AND YOU’RE READY…

Some people would call it brave
Some people would call it dumb, dumb, dumb
Some people would call you misguided, deluded
Yes, some, some, some…

But your courageous elbows elbow people out the way
And your bees-knees knees have no doubt
Your enthusiastic piano is so easy to play
And your sharp-eyed soul wants to feel the people shout
More, more, more…

AND YOU’RE READY…

credits

from Paper Girl, released January 26, 2004
annA rydeR; piano, vocals
Dave Pegg: bass
Gerry Conway: drums
PJ Wright: electric guitar, vocals
John Rabbit Bundrick: Hammond, piano, synthesizer
Simon NIcol: vocals

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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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