Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 26, 2025 • 4 Comments
When I’m worried, and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep, And I fall asleep counting my blessings. When my bankroll is getting small, I think of when I had none at all, And I fall asleep counting my blessings. I think about a nursery, and I picture curly heads; And one... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 19, 2025 • 6 Comments
Dear One, the world is waiting for the sunrise. Every rose is covered with dew. The thrush on high his sleepy mate is calling, And my heart is calling you. Dear Heart, the world is waiting for the sunrise! Every little rosebud is heavy with dew! And while the thrush his sleepy mate is calling,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 12, 2025 • 2 Comments
Hello, darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams, I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone ‘Neath the halo of a... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 05, 2025 • 14 Comments
Sing, sing a song. Sing out loud, sing out strong! Sing of good things, not bad. Sing of happy, not sad. Sing, sing a song. Make it simple, to last your whole life long! Don’t worry that it’s not good enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song. Sing, sing a song.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 28, 2025 • 2 Comments
What’s it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What’s it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind?And if only fools are kind, Alfie, Then I guess it is wise to be cruel. And... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 21, 2025 • 10 Comments
Somewhere over the rainbow, Way up high, There’s a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, Skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true. Someday I’ll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me! Where troubles... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 14, 2025 • 4 Comments
Whether I’m right, or whether I’m wrong, Whether I find a place in this world or never belong, I gotta be me, I’ve gotta be me! What else can I be but what I am? I want to live, not merely survive. And I won’t give up this dream of life that keeps me alive.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 07, 2025 • 6 Comments
Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away. Change and decay in all around I see. O... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 31, 2025 • 6 Comments
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone; yet in my... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 24, 2025 • 4 Comments
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea. Cherubim and seraphim, falling down before thee, Who was and... Read More
