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Artist/Band: Nanci Griffith
Lyrics for Song: 1937 Pre-War Kimball
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Nanci Griffith



{937 Pre-war Kimball

1, 2, 3, gone}



Oh, it sat in this corner for many a year

Through fireside parties, tears and cheers

And the hands of James Hooker flew over it's keys

And God know who else 'fore it came to me



And when I was alone I could be Julie Gold

It rang her "From A Distance" just like it was my own

I'd pretend I've the voice of Beth Neilsen Chapman

I wrote 'Late Night Grande' with just my right hand happenin'



Now it's keys rent the air in it's new place to stand

A gift for the children who'll play right and left hand

Just a 1937 Pre-war Kimball

Oh, with the grace of that three-quarter grand

Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand



Oh, it's lonesome in this corner at five am

I'd call Harlan Howard, only he'd understand

All those melodies that came to be

Mornings in this corner, that piano and me



And I wished for the left hand like Glenn D. Hardin

I could play Jimmy Webb or perhaps Randy Newman

Ah, it's a blessing, it never met Jerry Lee's feet

Just the hands of those children is all this Kimball needs



I'll let it go, let it go

That piano I bought from Al Jones long ago

I've let it go, I've let it go

And I smiled as it rolled out my door

And the songs that we wrote, ah, note for note

That piano will always know



Now it's keys rent the air in it's new place to stand

A gift for the children who'll play right and left hand

Just a 1937 Pre-war Kimball

Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand

Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand

Oh, it's the grace of that three-quarter grand



And God bless the child

Who's got a song

Who's got a song

Who's got a song


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Nanci Griffith


Nanci Griffith
"Other Songs - Nanci Griffith"


1. Deadwood
2. 1937 Pre-War Kimball
3. Armstrong
4. Banks Of The Pontchartrain
5. Canadian Whiskey
6. Clock Without Hands
7. Cold Hearts / Closed Minds
8. Darcy Farrow
9. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
10. Do-Re-Mi
11. Dress Of Laces
12. Fly By Night
13. Goin' Gone
14. Going Back To Georgia (With Adam Duritz)
15. Hard Times Come Again No More
16. He Was A Friend Of Mine
17. I Still Miss Someone
18. If I Had A Hammer
19. Last Of The True Believers
20. Looking For The Time
21. Love's Found A Shoulder
22. Midnight In Missoula
23. Our Very Own
24. Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)
25. Rise To The Occasion -W/ Mac Macannaly
26. Roses On The 4th Of July
27. Shaking Out The Snow
28. Speed Of The Sound Of Lonliness
29. Summer Wages
30. Tell Me How
31. Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
32. The Streets Of Baltimore
33. Truly Something Fine
34. Tumble And Fall
35. Two Dollar Novels
36. Walk Right Back
37. Wall Of Death
38. Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
39. Where Have You Been
40. Where Would I Be
41. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
42. Wings Of A Dove
43. Wouldn't That Be Nice
44. Yarrington Town
45. You Can't Go Home
46. You Were On My Mind
47. What's That I Hear
48. White Freight Liner