Ready And Willing

08/06/2001  annA rydeR© Copyright Control
Piano (D)

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… 

Recording: Track 7 Paper Girl