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Heather Nova — Ride
Album: The Jasmine Flower
Avg rating:
5.5

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Total ratings: 143









Released: 2008
Length: 3:24
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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I don't know if I took a wrong turn
Cause the birds don't fly low like they used to
The water's rising but I'm bone dry
And I don't come for you like I used to

And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And ride

Well sometimes I'm hungry for the warmth of a body
Like a flame that could feed me or keep me alive
I done the right thing but I'm incomplete
I need something to explode inside

And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
And ride

Onto Georgia O'Keeffe's skies
Over red earth plains
Where the desert raven flies
Where the truth remains

Let me ride
Yeah
Ride, ride

Cause I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing

And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Hold onto nothing

Yeah, I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and nothing and nothing
Yeah, hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
Comments (36)add comment
 papaman wrote:
It should really be "...I need a stranger to tell me that with all things being equal, my physical features elicit positive commentary, which should in no way be interpreted by the 2nd party as interest (good or bad) by the 1st party."
 
Put that to poetry and music, and you've got a long career ahead of you. 
 
Posted 14 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
ouch, Minimouse Sings?  Good thing not much time was wasted on lyrics.
Posted 14 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
2  {#Arrowl}  3, with an anvil.
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Quixmundi wrote:
Ouch...the screech singing hurts the ears. Lyrics predictable. Overly produced. Don't believe her angst.
 
Ditto ditto
Posted 14 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
 papaman wrote:
"...I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful"?  Isn't that sexual harassment?
It should really be "...I need a stranger to tell me that with all things being equal, my physical features elicit positive commentary, which should in no way be interpreted by the 2nd party as interest (good or bad) by the 1st party."

 

{#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by rtwingo    [ Reply ]
no it means shes seeking confirmation from outside sources.  sad, and she realizes it.  but that is songwriting

Posted 14 years ago by ksg    [ Reply ]
 Quixmundi wrote:
Ouch...the screech singing hurts the ears. Lyrics predictable. Overly produced. Don't believe her angst.
 

Ditto
Posted 14 years ago by posworld    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
More appealing, musically, to me than other Heather Nova Bill plays. But the lyrics...either full of pathos or simply pathetic? {#Think}

I guess I have to admire her honesty, but as a woman I find them kind of embarrassing. 5

 
Exactly

Posted 14 years ago by eruwenolorien    [ Reply ]
 Droidac wrote:

I think you're reading a bit too much into this.......

 

agree
Posted 14 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
 papaman wrote:
"...I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful"?  Isn't that sexual harassment?
It should really be "...I need a stranger to tell me that with all things being equal, my physical features elicit positive commentary, which should in no way be interpreted by the 2nd party as interest (good or bad) by the 1st party."

 
I think you're reading a bit too much into this.......

Posted 14 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
wow, ratings are all over the place for this one...me 6
Posted 14 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Vagina music, and I don't mean that in a good way.
Posted 14 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
"...I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful"?  Isn't that sexual harassment?
It should really be "...I need a stranger to tell me that with all things being equal, my physical features elicit positive commentary, which should in no way be interpreted by the 2nd party as interest (good or bad) by the 1st party."

Posted 14 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
Ouch...the screech singing hurts the ears. Lyrics predictable. Overly produced. Don't believe her angst.
Posted 14 years ago by Quixmundi    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
it's okay until she starts singing
 
It's that high-pitched warbling....ouch! And those lyrics.......................???

(Whole lotta nothin' is right!)


Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I've never noticed how similar her voice is at times to Tori Amos, until this song.
Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
it's okay until she starts singing
Posted 14 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Hints of Baez
Posted 14 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
    {#Arrowd}  I feel the same way —it is everything I abhor in "women's" music.
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
More appealing, musically, to me than other Heather Nova Bill plays. But the lyrics...either full of pathos or simply pathetic? {#Think}

I guess I have to admire her honesty, but as a woman I find them kind of embarrassing. 5

Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 elstring wrote:
Time to mute.  Sorry but I just can't take it.
 
{#Stop}  me neither - yikes.

Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Time to mute.  Sorry but I just can't take it.
Posted 14 years ago by elstring    [ Reply ]
...this segue from pathway to glory is BRILLIANT !..

Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
Every time I hear this I love it more and more.
 
Feeling the same way, I just bumped my rating up. Funny, in parts of this song she reminds me of Joan Baez.

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this I love it more and more.
Posted 14 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Heather Nova!! Play some of other stuff too....
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I think I can speak for all the ladies out there that one of the pleasant surprises to lift you out of a funk is for a stranger to tell you you're beautiful...

Thanks RP, needed this song to help me get through a ho-hum Wednesday
Posted 14 years ago by katherinenz    [ Reply ]
Sweet song girl!
Posted 14 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Well if she REALLY needs a stranger to tell her she's beautiful..I guess I can volunteer.
Posted 14 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
Oh My GAWD! WOW!{#Hearteyes}
Posted 14 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
Generic warbling.
Posted 14 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
I didn't recognize her voice at first. This is nice. Nice album cover
Posted 14 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
...i thought this sounded like heather nova...
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
You're beautiful.

Happy to be of service.
Posted 14 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
New Heather Nova! Woo-hoo!
Posted 14 years ago by Droidac    [ Reply ]
First! Woot!

Now I can write home and tell ma and pa I finally amounted to something!

Oh, the song? Eh, it's decent.

Posted 14 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]