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Instructions for Learning to Ride a Bicycle, by Miss Frances Willard, 1895

from SPIN by evalyn parry

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The lyrics to this song are adapted by Frances Willard's 1895 book, "A Wheel Within A Wheel, How I learned to Ride a Bicycle". Music and lyrical adaptation by evalyn parry

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Strange as this paradox may seem
You will do this best by not trying to do it at all

You must quickly make up your mind
Or as quickly, be cast in yonder mud puddle

Two things must occupy your thinking powers
To the exclusion of every other thing:
First the goal
Second, the momentum required to reach it!

Do not look down,
Do not look down
Do not look down like an imbecile upon the steering wheel in front of you
that would be as wise as for a nauseated voyager
to fix his instruments upon the rolling waves

it is the curse of life that nearly every one looks down
but the microscope will never set you free:
you must glue your eye to the telescope

look up look up, look off look off
look on look on, look out look out
look out look out look out!

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from SPIN, released March 20, 2011
music by evalyn parry, lyrics by Frances Willard, adapted by evalyn parry

Instrumentation: evalyn parry, guitar and vocals, Brad Hart, Bicycle and backing vocals, Anna Friz, imbira and electronics

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evalyn parry Toronto, Ontario

Award-winning Canadian songwriter, spoken word artist and theatre creator evalyn parry's genre-bending performances explore a powerful vision of social change. She's been featured at music, storytelling, pride, poetry, and theatre festivals all over the continent, taking her unique perspective on the world and transforming it into art that spans genres, genders and generations. ... more

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