Leddra Chapman - Story

Marissa Jones you watch the black suits walking past
Your life was empty for a while
Michael Porter has a new girl in his arms
She has a cherry flavoured smile
You watch as he greets her
His arms around her shoulder

He'll try to believe that it's you
When he kissed you
Those delicate shoes used to walk you straight to the moon
Now he wonders why he ever stayed

Michael Porter you flew in from Timbuktu
You missed her red hair and her style
Marissa Jones now she's living all on her own
She loves the freedom of the wild
He pleads: "Give me something!"
She needs nothing from him

And she'll try to believe that it's fate
And she'll miss you
But it's far too late now
She's done through
Finished with crying for anyone
And now she wonders why she ever stayed
Do you stop to think it all through?
When you run to the love that you needed
To pull through
It ended too soon
And you tried too hard and it's over between you
Nothing compares to the love you shared
But it's all just a story now
And I hope you're both happy now
As it all turned out: you never stayed

Anna Leddra Chapman, better known as Leddra Chapman, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. With an acclaimed solo album and a string of high-profile collaborations to her name, she best known for her high, soprano voice. Music Week magazine have described her as “filling a similar space to early Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell”.

A graduate of the London College of Music, Leddra rose to prominence when her debut single, ‘Story’, was released on 7 December 2009 to much critical success and strong radio support from Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2 during his last months at the station. The track is taken from her debut album, Telling Tales, which was produced by Peter-John Vettese (Melanie C, Beverley Knight, M-People) and released for download on 29 November 2009. Her single ‘All About You’, from her second EP ‘The Crowds and Cocktails’, was BBC Radio 2’s single of the week and later added to the station’s B List. She has performed with Ed Sheeran, singing a duet with him on his EP Live at the Bedford and singing backing vocals on his releases Songs I Wrote with Amy and +. Also Leddra sang the chorus on the track ‘Tables Turn’ by r’n’b artist Redzz. She has also worked with' rapper Olly B and featured on one of his songs, ‘Enemy Lines’.

She released her second studio album named Fidelity & Grace in 2014. More recently, she has released The Third Love, a five-track-EP.