Recorded live at Lauderdale House Highgate London.

If I only had

if I only had

just an hour to live

not one minute more

I would pray for power

just to spend an hour

pressed against your heart

until time departs

and its vibrant beat

would be so warm & sweet

as I held you near

to dispel my fear

and I feel you still

and next winters chill

laid a barren hand upon the land

If I only had

if I only had

just an hour to live

not one minute more

I would hold you while

I would fill your smile

as I whispered of my secret ways of love

‘till a single kiss would explode with bliss

and then satisfied

I’d let my soul subside

never minding who

might be loving you

when my crack of doom

crept across our room

we would burst with joy

the time could not destroy

perfect slice of life

happy love & life

and with this in view

I take my leave of you

and my life would run out to meet the sun.

Recorded 1988 London with Tony Remy and Steve Lodder from a CD Lazy Blue eyes with Ian Shaw

With Dorian Ford Winston Clifford Neville Malcome

Jazz Standard LAZY BLUE EYES CAROL GRIMES & IAN SHAW TONY REMY STEVE LODDER Offbeat Records, CDWIK 93 (1990)

I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (Ellington, Webster)

You Always Miss The Water (When The Wells Runs Dry) (W M York)

I’m Scared (Grimes)

Don’t Explain (Herzog, Holiday)

Lush Life (B Strayhorn)

In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington, Mills, Kurtz)

Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman)

I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues (D Ellington, D George)

I Cover The Waterfront (E Heyman)

I Love You (Cole Porter)

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (F Landesmann, T Wolf)

Lazy Blue Eyes (Shaw)

The Snake (O Brown Jnr)

Misty (E Garner, J Burke)

Body And Soul (R Sour, E Heyman, F Eyton, J Green)

with Steve Lodder (piano), Tony Remy Guitar

Credits

Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Alto] – Pete Thomas (2)

Cello – Robert Bailey (2)

Double Bass – Mario Castronari

Drums, Percussion – Mike Bradley (2)

Guitar, Harmonica – Maciej Hrybowicz

Keyboards – Janette Mason, Steve Lodder

Mixed By – Maciek Hrybowicz*, Steve Lodder

Producer – Maciek Hrybowicz*

Tenor Saxophone – Angele Vetmeijer*

Trumpet – Jim Dvorak

Violin – Sianed Jones

Vocals, Percussion, Whistling – Carol Grimes

Work 1980s London.＠ Grimes/Hrybowicz. Written in Bethnal Green, so far the longest I have ever lived anywhere.

Sitting on a wall in somewhere town -

Looking through a mirror

See tomorrow’s hours on the ground.

Got nowhere to go

Filling up the hours with a TV screen.

Am I a failure?

I don’t seem to fit in the worldly scheme

Why not?

Work, it's a fundamental right

Looking west and looking east

Travel light, forget the beast ..

a new way of trying.

What they have is for themselves ..

we’re not invited to the feast

people are dying.

Closed all the doors no work around

Political lying ..

They say

‘Forget what's yours, don't make a sound it’s mine.’

Why not?

Can you ski on butter mountains?

Can you swim on milky lakes?

The tons of grain they throw away

Could feed a million mouths today

I can see it, you can see it.

Why Not?

Work. It's a fundamental right

Spoken word.....

My Government & I by [email protected]

Great Guitar solo who played on many iconic recordings. Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper and Loudon Wainwright III.

Warm Blood recorded in Nashville

That's What It Takes

Backing Vocals – Archie Leggit*, Graham Bell, 'Rabbit' John Bundrick*

High Hill Country Rain

Drums [African], Percussion – Gaspar Lowell*

A3

Taxes On The Farmer

Steel Guitar [Dobro] – 'Snazzy' Sam Mitchell*

A4

All For One

Drums – Karl Himmel

Organ – Tommy Eyre

A5

Ray, Ray, Ray

A6

Lost My Faith (In Everything But You)

B1

Warm Blood

Backing Vocals – Jess Roden

Organ – 'Rabbit' John Bundrick*

B2

You're The Only One

B3

Somebody Sleeping In My Bed

Guitar – 'Snazzy' Sam Mitchell*

B4

Southern Boogie

B5

Don't Want You On My Mind

B6

Wait For Me Down By The River

Harp, Backing Vocals – Graham Bell

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Ron Cornelius

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo – Mack Gayden*

Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Roger Ball

Arranged By – Bob Wilson

Arranged By [Brass] – Roger Ball

Bass – Tommy Codbill

Drums – Kenny Buttrey

Piano, Organ, Vibraphone – Bob Wilson

Tenor Saxophone – Malcome Duncan*

Trumpet – Henry Lowther

Vocals – Carol Grimes

Friday, 27 March 2020 A Candle a day. Carol Grimes © WITH LOVE

I light a Candle for the Nurses.

A Candle for the dying.

A Candle for the Doctors

A Candle for hope.

A Candle for the homeless.

A Candle for the lonely.

A Candle for Refugees, in flight for their lives.

A Candle for peace.

A Candle for the newborn

A Candle for a family.

A Candle for Daughters A Candle for Sons

A Candle for Fathers A Candle for Mothers

Grand Fathers Grand Mothers

A Candle for lovers.

A Candle for Chemists, Army- Firefighters - The Police.

A Candle for Teachers and Cleaners.

A Candle for Bakers and Candle stick makers.

A Candle for Friendship and Kinship and Heart.

A Candle for love. A Candle for Art.

A Candle for Music A Candle for Dance.

A Candle for those throwing pots, the wheel and the Kiln.

A Candle for Poetry - Photography - Film

A Candle for creativity.

A Candle for those selling food and the stacking of shelves.

For those out delivering at risk to themselves.

A Candle for those keeping us going.

Collecting the Garbage and cleaning the streets.

The Post and the Railways and the Fishing Fleets.

A Candle for thank you.

A Candle for Actors and Writers - A Candle for Singers -

And those reading the News.

A Candle for our Animals

A Candle for our World

A Candle for the Children, our future, our hopes.

A Candle for Worry a Candle for Stress.

A Candle for ..

‘Oh please, get us out of this mess.’

A candle for Earth

A Candle for Sea

A Candle for sky

For you and for me.

A Candle for Life.