About The Song
“Ready to Run” is a song by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was co-written by the group’s fiddler, Martie Seidel (now Martie Maguire) along with Marcus Hummon. It was released in June 1999 as the lead-off single from the band’s fifth studio album, Fly (1999), and became their sixth entry on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, reaching number two. This song was included on the film soundtrack for Runaway Bride, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
The song received positive reviews from critics. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone magazine gave the song a favorable mention, saying that it “sets the emotional and musical tone of the album, revving up the guitars to a graceful Celtic motif”. In 1999, “Ready to Run” won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song has been a staple of the group’s concerts, appearing on the 2000 Fly Tour as the show opener, on the 2003 Top of the World Tour near the end of the main set, and on the 2006 Accidents & Accusations Tour as the final encore.
The music video for the song was a visually comic one that portrayed the Chicks as brides at a triple wedding. Before the ceremony is over, they reveal they are wearing sneakers instead of bridal shoes, and they run away, jumping on the back of a garbage truck and then pedaling away on bicycles. The jilted grooms chase them through the neighborhood, and they all end up back at the wedding site, engaging in a friendly food fight before joining in a circle dance. At the conclusion, the still-unmarried Chicks are seen collapsing to the grass by themselves in exhaustion. The video placed at number 26 on CMT’s 2004 ranking of the “100 Greatest Music Videos”.
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Lyrics
When the train rolls by
I’m gonna be ready this time
When the boy gets that look in his eye
I’m gonna be ready this time
When my momma said I look good in white
I’m gonna be ready this time
Oh, yeah
Ready, ready, ready, ready, ready to run
All I’m ready to do is have some fun
What’s all this talk about love?
I feel the wind blow through my hair
I’m gonna be ready this time
I’ll buy a ticket to anywhere
I’m gonna be ready this time (ready this time)
You see, it feels like I’m starting to care
And I’m gonna be ready this time (ready this time)
Oh, yeah
Ready, ready, ready, ready, ready to run
All I’m ready to do is have some fun
What’s all this talk about love?
Ready to run
Ready to run
Oh
Ready, ready, ready, ready, ready to run
All I’m ready to do is have some fun
What’s all this talk about love?
Ready to run
Ready to run
Ready to run
I’m ready to run
Ready to run
Ready to run
I’m ready to run
I’m ready
Oh, I’m ready to run (I’m ready)
Ready to run (I’m ready)
Ready to run (I’m ready)