We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

She Rides

from SPIN by evalyn parry

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

SHE RIDES

spin me like I have already spoken
like a spoke holds its tension
like it’s together that the spokes are the invention of a wheel
that a wheel is only as round as it’s tension
that a wheel is a round invention

She gets on her bicycle, She gets on her bicycle
She gets on her bicycle: she rides!

fragile bodies soaring through the city
on two-wheeled cycles through the traffic and people
steering clear of the potholes and car doors and the streetcar tracks
tuned into our own personal soundtrack
I’m singing out loud as I pedal through the streets
spinning to the rhythm of 4.5 million heart beats

I tend to miss my turnoffs
when I’m tuned in to my turn-on’s
I tend to write sentences that turn into run-on’s
I tend to recycle the same thoughts that circle round
the way I re-cycle the same stretches of ground
on my two-wheeled bicycle that gets me around.

She gets on her bicycle, She gets on her bicycle
She gets on her bicycle: she rides!

I get this feeling on my two-wheeled steed:
when I pick up speed: it feeds something free
the desire for autonomy, moving outside the dominant economy
two wheels, not four: no gas, no oil, no war for this machine
all I need is air, two pedals, a crank and a chain,
two wheels, and a frame
A revolution that keep me arriving, again and again

She gets on her bicycle, She gets on her bicycle
She gets on her bicycle: she rides!

And it’s the back wheel that’s attached to the chain!
It’s the back wheel that’s attached to the chain!
The back wheel is attached to the chain!
The past drives us forward, again and again

The past is behind us; the back wheel is the power
The front wheel freewheels, hour after hour

You can’t ride a bike in 30 pounds of petticoats
You don’t have a voice in a democracy without a vote
A wheel would collapse if it wasn’t for the spokes

She gets on her bicycle, She gets on her bicycle,
She gets on her bicycle: she rides!

credits

from SPIN, released March 20, 2011
words and music by evalyn parry

featuring evalyn parry (vocals), Brad Hart (bicycle, vocals) and Anna Friz (vocals, harmonica, effects)

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

evalyn parry image

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

contact / help

Contact evalyn parry

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like evalyn parry, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now