Rollercoaster

Words and Music by Amity Dry and Mike Carr

This is the second version of a song I wrote with Mike Carr, and I think it's an anthem for everyone who is sick of riding that merry go round that is life sometimes! You know those moments where you feel like you've done it all before and all you want is some excitement and adventure? One of my favourite movies is Thelma and Louise, (it's all about Brad Pitt in that cowboy hat!) and I was thinking of that movie when I wrote this, picturing driving off into the sunset and leaving all my cares behind. My favourite line in this song is “Don't even start me on the issue of my hair.” If there is one woman out there who has not had one of those days, I haven't met her yet!

Early Monday morning and I'm lost in a dream
Of deserted islands, Brad Pitt and me
When my alarm starts ringing and breaks my spell
It's only 7.30 but the days not going well

I try to make a coffee, kick start a better mood
But the coffees empty and the milk is over due
I'm trying to find an outfit but I've got nothing to wear
And don't even start me on the issue of my hair

And it's just another morning on just an average day
And I'm so tired and I need to make a change

I want to ride the rollercoaster
I want to live the ups and downs
I want to feel the wheels in motion
Not spend my life on a merry-go-round

My train is late again it's never on time
And the grief I'm gone to get from my boss is on my mind
And it feels like I've lived this day a thousand times before
And I just can't bear to do it one day more

And it's just another morning on just an average day
And I'm so tired and I need to make a change

Chorus

Goodbye to just existing
Goodbye to feeling numb
No more of the same old same old
Get ready world here I come

Chorus