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Ruth & Carol Improvisation Cello & Voice. Track 02 by carol@carolgrimes.com

Improvisation On the Poem Woman to Child by carol@carolgrimes.com

Heart to heart.
 ＠ There are a billion stories....
tales you never hear.
 young children sold as helpless brides..
s slaves behind closed walls
 Heart to heart -hand to hand - eye to eye
 we are our destiny.
 You ...heart to heart.
 every Woman's story.... heart to heart.
 From the smallest dusty village
to a tenement in Rome 
the hand that wipes the tears of children 
tell the greatest tale of a...

1989 Grimes/Hrybowicz @ Two step. I lost my watch, I don’t have the time. You stole my heart, now that’s a crime. I’m bobbing on a tightrope - hanging on the moon. My head is flying with a blue balloon. Is this really Tuesday? Is it the month of May? I can’t tell the difference between blue skies or grey. Listen to my heart skipping to the beat. I’m having trouble with my own two feet. So this is...

Roll me a cigarette by carol@carolgrimes.com

Two grey rooms Joni Mitchell. From my CD Mother Tomorrow is Sunday Now there's only one day left to go Till you walk by Below my window The weekends drive me mad Holidays are oh too sad 'Cause you don't go Below my window No one knows I'm here One day I just disappeared And I took these two grey rooms up here With a view When you walk by Below my window You look so youthful Time has been untruthfu...

Recorded live at Lauderdale House London Dat Dere. Oscar Brown Jr. Hey mama, what dat dere? Hey, why that under dere? And oh mama, oh hey mama, hey look at dat over dere Hey, where'd they go in there? Hey, what they do in there? Hey, mama can I have that big elephant over there? Hey, who dat in my chair? Hey, what's she doing there? And oh mama, oh hey mama, hey, what dat say up dere? Hey mama, wh...

Life is dangerous. From 'Alive at Ronnie Scotts.' Life - is a struggle just when you thought you were out of the muddle, You find yourself in a great big hole - Digging deeper down, down, down. Now - what are you seeing? I know it’s hard to believe in. There are fighting people everywhere. Don't wanna go down. Just when you thought it was safe - To trust the Human Race You find out - yes, we find...

Your shoes are hot. V1 You got a stinky winky look in your eye - when you slide by. Oh my, you try so hard. Is the swagger in your jacket? Are the shoes the groove when you move? So who’s in your skin are you in? You gonna blow some time on the street. You gonna kick some heat with your feet. Oh my, you try. V2 You got a rootsie tootsie trip to your booty - When you flip by. ( Your shoes are hot.)...

Fools Meeting by carol@carolgrimes.com

Not In The Mood For Dancing by carol@carolgrimes.com

Shipbuilding lyrics by Elvis Costello and music by Clive Langer. Written during the Falklands War of 1982, Is it worth it? A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy's birthday. It's just a rumour that was spread around town By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding Well I ask you The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task But I'll be home by Christmas....

You drive me crazy. ＠ Did you really mean it when you said that you wanted me to hang around here? Have you lost your mind? You always were the kind that wanted independence. Usually, I say oh no, and take off in the opposite direction. But for you and no one else, I suppose I wanna make this one exception. But the way you leave the kitchen in the morning is a mess. You know you're lazy. And I kn...

Recorded in Memphis, USA, in 1974, Fredrick Knight. Uphill peace of mind. You got the time, I got the time.  You got the feelings - I’m gonna make it all right. Watch where you're heading. Watch where you go. You got intentions, baby, but you won't let 'em show ch. Uphill I have got to climb - uphill I have got to climb. Uphill baby, Lord have mercy  I've got to find myself a little peace of mind ...

Heart in my hands. From CD Why don't they dance? Grimes/Hrybowicz ＠ We met one night in cold November. I liked your eyes, the shyness of your smile; A month went by, you didn't leave me your number I asked around, but pushing’s not my style - but if I see you, I’d say. Lay your heart in my hands I won’t let you go. We met again by chance in late December We wandered around a stormy seaside town W...

From Into the red. Grimes © STEPS . Let me come in, said the face with a terrible grin. I’m on hot tin I can’t begin to cry. Why oh why the sad girl cried. Climbing through the frame to reach the other side. She sighed and cried again beside the broken pane. And behind a wall, I’m not surprised at all. My voice is screaming on the inside, I’m on my own desolation row you know. Collecting my though...

Woman to Child. You who were darkness warmed my flesh where out of darkness rose the seed. Then all a world I made in me; all the world you hear and see hung upon my dreaming blood. There moved the multitudinous stars, and coloured birds and fishes moved. There swam the sliding continents. All time lay rolled in me, and sense, and love that knew not its beloved. O node and focus of the world; I ho...

Carol Grimes, vocals;
Ian Shaw, Hammond / Rhodes, vocals;
Greg Wain, guitars, vocals;
Steve Watts, double bass;
Stan Adler, cello;
Mark Fletcher, drums, percussion, Annie Whitehead, trombone;
Josefina Cupido, percussion, vocals;
Elton Dean, saxophones;
Harry Becket, trumpet Tracks New Coat of Paint [Tom Waits] (3.01) Into My Arms [Nick Cave] (4.24) Who Knows Where the Time Goes [Sandy Denny] (6.08...

Guest musicians on the LP were Paul Kossoff, guitar on "We Got Time" and John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (piano). Most of the songs were penned by Dave Skinner, although there are a few covers, including Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (from John Wesley Harding) and Sam Phillips/Herman Parker's "Mystery Train". John Porter became a producer and produced The Smiths and John Lee Hooker's comeback alb...

Carol Grimes.   Moira. ＠  I wanted to whisper a word or two.  Couldn’t find your ears. I needed to see you, to tell you a secret,  so why did you disappear?   Who do I give the words to? they were meant to be only for you,   Forming my mouth in a closed line of silence,  is a difficult thing to do. In my youth & young woman hood, so easy to drown it all,  drinking the thoughts to a silent morose...

Musicians. Dorian Ford Piano. Annie Whitehead Trombone. Winston Clifford Drums. Neville Malcolm Double Bass. Carol Grimes Vocals. The Dance Grimes is a poem in praise of Marc Chagall I imagine that we had never agreed to go our separate ways. I’m not drowning in water; my body’s not porous, as only the lonely can be I am flying in heavenly moments, not counting the time or the cost. Don’t wait for...

Roll Me A Cigarette. Lyrics JOHN Shaw. Music Ford | Grimes. The weatherman says. 
Grey is the colour of the day. 
His sweeping arm calls up a storm. 
The barometer is already dropping. 
Roll me a cigarette, and tell me, Life is irresponsible. Can’t face the day on yet more pills. It’s not my favorite medication. Fix me ice with a twist of lemon, 
Set it on its feet with a shot of vodka. Try sendin...

We met one night in cold November I liked your eyes the shyness of your smile A month went by and you didn't leave me your number I asked around, but pushings not my style But if I see you I want to say Lay your heart in my hands I wont let it go. We met again by chance in late December We wandered around our stormy seaside town When we parted you seemed so quiet and undecided Did you think anothe...

Recorded live in 2017 But I Was CooI. Oscar Brown Jr. I always live by the, golden rule Whatever happens, ha, don't blow your cool! You gotta have nerves of steel. And never show folks how you, honestly feel. I lived all my life this way, ha
 For example, take yesterday: I breeze home happy bringin' home my pay
 Two gigs this week, hey ... I haven't gone away! 
 An' I threw myself down across my e...

Live At Ronnie Scotts London. Piano keys Jannette Mason Bass Phil Scragg Drums Mike Bradley Guitar Ivor Goldburg. Percussion Gary Hammond