Wild & Free, by Jenny Biddle

Wild & Free

by Jenny Biddle

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1.	Gifts & Words 04:41	lyrics	buy track
Right by your side, a pretty little bride The pull of her smile, the twinkle in her eye You have been waiting all of your life Cos she got the words and she got the tongue To whisk you away promise the kingdom will come So hold our your hands for the scraps and the crumbs Rose-coloured glasses have made you blind All of this time; a bright warning sign Gifts and words they don’t make a wife Before you go make the mistake of your life Gifts and words… Don’t make a wife Sweet-talk one moment then she go and break the rules Ask your forgiveness with gold and with jewels Sneaking around with some other fool And you got the nerve to keep defending her name You say you just gotta trust that there’s truth to her claims Cos you’ve never known such a love, such a flame Rose-coloured glasses have made you blind All of this time; a bright warning sign Gifts and words they don’t make a wife Before you go make the mistake of your life Gifts and words… Don’t make a wife This little voice calling inside You just can’t deny that something ain’t right Rose-coloured glasses have made you blind All of this time; a bright warning sign Gifts and words they don’t make a wife Before you go make the mistake of your life Gifts and words… Don’t make a wife
2.	Wild & Free 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Late at night on my back Listening to the traffic jam Wondering how to belong We all just hurry along, just hurry along I’ve been wasting precious time Standing in an angry line 4.5 million souls No one knows, no one knows I don’t like just who I am In this city, in this land I don’t like just who I am, who I am I wonder who I’d be When I’m wild and when I’m free I wonder who I’d be, who could I be I’ve been hiding my disgrace Behind the cover of a painted face Picture this, my success Lying to impress, to impress Now I’m saving all my coins Thought that I would reach the point Buy a friend, be content Turns out self respect is in my head I don’t like just who I am In this city, in this land I don’t like just who I am, who I am I wonder who I’d be When I’m wild and when I’m free I wonder who I’d be, who could I be
3.	Years & Years 04:45	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been holding on for dear life To the myth in my mind Believing we could be something so divine Cos lovers they come and go You’ve got me head to toe Dragging me behind, I’m your loyal shadow Have you ever known love as strong as mine? I’ve been thinking ‘bout you for all this time No matter who I hold so near I’ve been dreaming ‘bout you for years and years Ain’t nobody know you like I Exalt you high in my sky I can read your thoughts with the glance of a single eye Ain’t nobody taken my core Ripped it right through my walls Seen all there is to see and still drawn out more Have you ever known love as strong as mine? I’ve been thinking ‘bout you for all this time No matter who I hold so near I’ve been dreaming ‘bout you for years and years Ain’t nobody treat me so low You take what you want just to pump your ego You leave me on the side of the road You’re all talk, no show Have you ever known love as BLIND as mine? I’ve been thinking ‘bout you for all this time No matter who I hold so near I’ve been dreaming ‘bout you for years and years
4.	Hindsight 03:39	lyrics	buy track
I don’t quite know what to do Since the day we broke apart We made plans to make a family I thought that it would last You know how we say you’re the love of my life You’re the one, my soul mate, the apple of my eye Maybe God was laughing Saying “Boy they sure aren’t right” Cos all this time The poet’s right Love is blind In hindsight Now I wonder just how long I would have stayed Jumping through hoops and changing my name Hoping to be the best I could be Is not enough to win the game Now I’m looking on back through photographs Letters and songs trigger flashbacks I cannot be fooled by this push and pull Gotta get myself on track Cos all this time The poet’s right Love is blind In hindsight Time takes time Take it in your stride Oh how we tried And it just ain’t right Cos all this time The poet’s right Love is blind In hindsight In hindsight
5.	With Me 03:53	lyrics	buy track
Another hotel room Nobody knows I’m here Heading south at the break of dawn If I don’t drop off the globe and disappear All I need to know is there someone on my side All I need to feel is I’m not alone tonight All I need to know is there someone on this ride with me Have I hit the bottom now? Or have I got a way to fall? Old haunts scream loud Louder than my help could ever call All I need to know is there someone on my side All I need to feel is I’m not alone tonight All I need to know is there someone on this ride with me I’ve got everything I need The roof above my head and the path beneath my feet I’ve got everything I need But is there someone on this ride with me? All I need to know is there someone on my side All I need to feel is I’m not alone tonight All I need to know is there someone on this ride with me
6.	Pretty Face 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Pretty little girl in the corner Blue eyes stare back at mine I’m aching to peer through the curtains I’m hoping there’s an ocean inside You don’t have to have it all sorted With every little hair in its place Sometimes the rules should be broken Life is a mess of mistakes There’s got to be something more to you Then just a pretty face Don’t believe all that they tell you Magazine and media lies I lost the part in your movie I could not hold up the disguise You don’t have to have it all sorted With every little hair in its place Sometimes the rules should be broken Life is a mess of mistakes There’s got to be something more to you Then just a pretty face Pretty little girl in the corner I left you a long time ago They tell me that you found an ocean Your dreams they now keep you afloat You don’t have to have it all sorted With every little hair in its place Sometimes the rules should be broken And life is a mess of mistakes There’s got to be something more to you Tell me there’s something more to you There’s got to be something more to you Then just a pretty face You’re just a pretty face
7.	Down With Your Soul 03:44	lyrics	buy track
I’m on a mountain up on top of the world You’re in the valley deep down below I’ve been out walking, exploring these hills While you’re sitting on your backside at home My, my, my You gotta go, go, go Or I, I, I am Going down with your soul Always knew you would pull me from the lows And I hoped we could fly sky high Thought you and I would be friends for life But somehow my happiness you despise My, my, my You gotta go, go, go Or I, I, I am Going down with your soul All the voices in your head are much too loud for my call And I’ve thrown all I had into the depths of your endless black hole You’ve gotta try and help yourself or what we give it means nothing at all Means nothing at all My, my, my You’ve gotta go, go, go Or I, I, I’m Going down with your soul
8.	Believe in Yourself 03:07	lyrics	buy track
I don’t believe in the Kingdom coming I don’t believe in the words He spoken All that I’ve known is a world so broken I said my prayers, bent down on my knees I read the Bible, went to church on sundays But all around the world, children still crying “Lord please” So can I hear you sing (can I hear you sing) Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Can I hear your sing (can I hear you sing) Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Cos no body’s coming (nobody’s coming babe) You got to count on yourself (believe in yourself, believe in yourself) I see people killing people in His name I see them preaching fear, judgment and shame In a war torn world, I can’t worship this god they proclaim So can I hear you sing (can I hear you sing) Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Can I hear your sing (can I hear you sing) Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Cos no body’s coming (nobody’s coming babe) You got to count on yourself (believe in yourself, believe in yourself) It don’t make sense, I still fight on my own I don’t believe a saviour’s taking me home So can I hear you sing (can I hear you sing) Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Can I hear your sing (can I hear you sing) Believe in yourself (believe in yourself) Cos no body’s coming (nobody’s coming babe) You got to count on yourself (believe in yourself, believe in yourself)
9.	Mildew Blues 04:23	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been growing mildew in the back of my mind I left the sunny weather for the love of my life And all the country singers are singin’ bout stormy times Well I thought I’d put together my own mildew rhyme I got the mildew blues The mildew blues I got the mildew blues The mildew blues I’ve been walkin’ around With a head full of mildew blues Now I ain’t the kinda person to side step the rain I don’t wanna be one of them people who sugar coat the pain I won’t be found fermenting around in a mood But I can’t seem to shake these old mildew blues I got the mildew blues The mildew blues I got the mildew blues The mildew blues I’ve been walkin’ around With a head full of mildew blues I love my pretty baby but I can’t stand the rain I wanna go back to the sunshine again All these rainclouds are getting me down I can’t find a way to turn this around I got the mildew blues The mildew blues I got the mildew blues The mildew blues I’ve been walkin’ around With a head full of mildew blues
10.	Wandiligong 03:38	lyrics	buy track
I think I’m gonna move to the country Fill my soul with fresh air People got time to listen People got the heart to care There’s a little shack on the alpine track With an acreage full of green I’ll send my worries down the stream I was raised in the city lights Chasing tails and the season styles But I don’t really need those neon lights to find my way I don’t really have to run so fast and finish in first place I don’t need to climb a skyscraper to know that I’ve prevailed Please give me the simple way Think I’m gonna give up TV With the window frame in its place I’ll go walking in the woods to lighten my mood The kiss of winter on my face The Milky Way will take you away Upon a mountain full of dreams I’ll send my worries down the stream I was raised in the city lights Chasing tails and the season styles But I don’t really need those neon lights to find my way I don’t really have to run so fast and finish in first place I don’t need to climb a skyscraper to know that I’ve prevailed Please give me the simple way I was raised in the city lights Chasing tails and the season styles But I don’t really need those neon lights to find my way I don’t really have to run so fast and finish in first place I don’t have to grind the bone down just to meet ends every day Please give me the simple way
11.	A Flare in the Night 05:25	lyrics	buy track
Lit a flare in the night Last hope of a lifeline On a sea of endless vague I hoped I’d be the one you would find How on earth did I end up here? All my plans were loud and clear And then life takes the strangest turn Don’t look back the bridge has burned Wrong turn in the woods On the path of a breeze Laughing, king of the hill I was But in a moment, down on my knees How on earth did I end up here? All my plans were loud and clear And then life takes the strangest turn Don’t look back the bridge has burned Don’t look back the bridge has burned In time I’ll find the road In the light I’ll see the gold
12.	Tailwind 04:14	lyrics	buy track
I miss your friendship I always find a good thing and I push it I missed the ending I run away before I get a chance to break it I missed the lesson So quick to point the blame like I just don’t get it Now I burned all of my bridges I find myself alone on my knees Can I just send you my wishes On the tailwind of this summer breeze Always expecting Above and beyond from the ones I love Always dreaming Like the here and the now just ain’t enough So disappointing When the real world don’t measure up Now I burned all of my bridges I find myself alone on my knees Can I just send you my wishes On the tailwind of this summer breeze Then I built the walls around my heart So no one could abandon me Then I burned all of my bridges I find myself alone on my knees Can I just send you my wishes On the tailwind of this summer breeze Can I just send you my wishes On the tailwind of this summer breeze

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Written from the rollercoaster of life, our Australian songsmith Jenny Biddle, has ventured into eclectic waters for her 6th album which was largely funded independently by loyal fans.
Wild & Free is an album about her quest to find freedom, perhaps from societal norms, from old ghosts, but mostly freedom from inner demons. In the title track she exclaims “I wonder who I’d be when I’m wild and when I’m free… I wonder who I’d be, who could I be?” She expresses this journey in the most flavoursome of ways across the album, including funky blues grooves, pensive piano ballads, down-to-earth country flavours, that old sweet folk tang of existential crisis, energetic roots, and a random anti-gospel gospel song to keep you guessing.
With sounds akin to Tracy Chapman, John Mayer, Kasey Chambers, Kathleen Edwards, Ben Folds, & Missy Higgins, our multi-talented artist played acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, harmonica, piano/keys, mandolin, and organ/synths, with magic from drummer Michael Quigley, sexy backing vocals from Melinda Jackson & Miranda Murphy, and driving bass and tasty slide/lead guitars from Sean Carey. A song for every mood. Enjoy.

credits

released January 9, 2017

All songs composed by Jenny Biddle
Recorded & Mixed & Produced by Sean Carey at Church Street Studios, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Mastering by Kathy Naunton dB Mastering
Graphics by Jenny Biddle

Jenny Biddle: vocals, acoustic/electric/lead guitars, piano, harmonica, organ/synths, banjo, mandolin
Sean Carey: bass, percussion, electric guitars, backing vocals
Michael Quigley: drums
Backing vocals on Believe in Yourself & Mildew Blues by Mel Jackson & Miranda Murphy

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Jenny Biddle Edinburgh, UK

Now living in sunny Scotland, Aussie indie folk & blues songwriter, seasoned guitarist, poignant pianist, and recovering chocoholic, Jenny Biddle, has just released her EIGHTH independent album, “Hoping for a Hero”. Enjoy her exquisite and eclectic mix of rustic roots, gentle folk, blues grooves, poignant piano ballads, rustic roots, sweet country flavours for the wandering soul. ... more

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