An Original song about a coal miner and his wife.
Written by CMG
Arranged by CJG
Recorded by CJG at the Akewstic Studio London

LYRICS:
SAME EACH DAY,  DIGGIN’ COAL .     
DEEP DOWN IN THAT BIG BLACK HOLE
YOU WON’T LEAVE, IT’S IN YOUR BLOOD
YOUR LUNGS ARE BLACK BUT THE MONEY’S GOOD.

YOU ALWAYS SAY,  ONE MORE YEAR   
WE’LL SAVE SOME MONEY GET OUT HERE
YOU FIGHT FOR BREATH, YOU’RE SPITTIN’ DUST
THE SIGNS ARE BAD BUT IN GOD YOU TRUST

CHORUS
YOU DON’T SEE THE SUNSHINE,  YOU DON’T TASTE THE RAIN
YOU DON’T SMELL THE GRASS,  YOU DON’T FEEL MY PAIN
DON’T SEEM TO MATTER – IT’S ALL THE SAME TO YOU
BUT BABY LET ME TELL YA – GOT THE,  BLACK MOUNTAIN BLUES   

OLD BLACK MOUNTAIN,  NEXT TO TOWN ,  DUG FROM EARTH A MILE DOWN
JUST A HEAP OF MUD AND COAL ,  PAYS THE RENT BUT EATS YOUR SOUL.


WELL I AIN’T GONNA WAIT FOR A WIDOW’S CHEQUE
I’M GETTING OLD BUT I AIN’T DONE YET 
I’M NOT GONNA WATCH OR STAY AROUND   
TILL THE BLACK DUST LAYS YOU IN THE GROUND  

CHORUS

1st VERSE

Black Mountain Blues -( Demo )

An original song by C.M.Granger and C.J.Granger.

LYRICS:
They'll be a hot time, in this old town tonight.
Kids are marching in the streets.
They should be a school, the politicians say
But their on a mission to find a better way

In their eyes there's hope and fear
they shout out their message loud and clear
It aint gunna matter if you're rich or poor
when hell comes knocking on your front door

We're all drowning in plastic, there's a hole in the sky
temperatures rising, we're all gunna fry

They've got the feeling that somethings missing
they've got the feeling that no one's listening
they've got the feeling no one cares at all
so they write it all down on the playground wall

They could save us all, so bring on the young
no shares to loose no axe to grind.
They see it clearly there's only black and white
they've got a vision of a world much better than mine.

They take to the streets with their banners held high
they spell out their message explaining why
we're on a crusade to save man kind
and we'll clean up the mess that you left behind

Bridge
Chorus
Out

Bring On The Young - ( Demo )

GOT HOME LATE FROM WORK THIS MORNING   
NIGHTSHIFT ALWAYS LEAVES ME BEAT
SHE WAS  STANDING BY THE FRONT DOOR   
 BAGS AND SUITCASE AT HER FEET

SHE SAID “YOU KNOW YOU HAD THIS COMIN,  
I READ YOUR LIES SO EASILY,
AND I KNOW I AIN’T NO ANGEL,   
BUT YOU’RE THE GHOST OF WHO YOU USED TO BE” 

SHE  LISTED  ALL  OUR  HOPES AND DREAMS’    
AND  ALL  THE  THINGS  I’D  SAID  I’D  DO,
SHE LISTED  ALL  OF  MY  PROMISES ,   
NONE OF THEM CAME TRUE
                                                            
SHE PUT HER HAND  UPON  MY  SHOULDER 
AS SHE WHISPERED HER GOODBYE        
SHE SAID SHE WOULDN’T  BE, LOOKING BACK  
SHE COULDN’T BARE TO SEE A GROWN MAN  CRY

SHE SAID, EVERYDAY WAS ONE LONG  BATTLE,  
IN A WAR WHERE SHE COULD DO NO GOOD 
BUT SHE’D STILL TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO LOVE ME 
BUT FOUND THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO LOVE.
                                                                 
GOT HOME LATE FROM WORK THIS MORNING
DARK CLOUDS GATHERING ABOVE
SHE SAID SHE’D LOVE ME FOREVER,       
BUT NOW THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO LOVE

Nothing Left To Love - ( Demo )

I've seen a change
Coming over you
You don't smile
The way you used to do
There's a sadness in your eyes
That wasn't there before
You know there's something wrong
But you just can't find the cure

Hold my hand, We can run
If we see this through together
There'll be better days to come

Nothing I can say
Will make it all alright
But i'll stay here
With you help you
Make it through tonight
We can watch the sun rise
Who knows where it may lead
I won't be going no
Where I got all the time you need

I know the pain you feeling
I know your heart is bleeding
I've been down that road before
But i've got a bed to lie on
I've got a shoulder to cry on
I can't promise any more

Hold my hand, we can run
If we see this through together
There'll be better days to come

As for me there were days
When I couldn't go on
I spent too many nights
With my head in my hands
Wondering where I went wrong

Hold my hand, we can run
If we see this through together
There'll be better days to come
Hold my hand, we can run
If we see this through together
There'll be better days to come

Better Days to Come / Sweet Wine and Roses 

Better Days To Come

Do you remember days
Of sweet wine and roses
Ur love so strong
I never thought we'd fall
But maybe the flowers
Were not as bright
As I remember and maybe
The wine wasn't so sweet at all

As I look back through
My rose tinted memories
All I can see
Is the laughter and love
And I long to go back
To see what would happen
If we both tried
As hard as we could

Sometimes at night
As I lay in my bed
Thinking of days long ago
The night wraps around me
And carries me back
To find answers
That I'll never know

Do you remember days
Of sweet wine and roses
Our love so strong
I never thought we'd fall
But maybe the flowers
Were not as bright as I remember
And maybe the wine
Wasn't so sweet at all

Sometimes at night
As I lay in my bed
Thinking of days long ago
The night wraps around me
And carries me back
To find answers
That I'll never know

Wine And Roses

An original song written about the Syrian refugees and the crisis in Syria.

By C.M.Granger and C.J.Granger

Devil In Your Back Yard (demo)

A song written during the first lockdown of 2020 dedicated to the NHS and all key workers.

Written, composed and recorded by Callum Granger.
Lyrics...

She’s no stranger, to night time shifts.
Now more than ever we need her gifts
She’s tired and drained, its 3am,
she’ll summon her strength and do it all again.

It takes so much, to keep it all together, she tries so hard to make lives better.
She doesn’t ask for much, just a smile when she gets home, a bed to lay her head on and a hand to hold through the unknown.

She’s got so much, going through her mind
A thousand jobs to do and not enough time.
There’s so many people Needing her help
She can’t do it all, By her self

CHORUS

She wont fall under the pressure
She’ll come out stronger on the other side
We’re sending our love with rainbows in windows
We know you’ll take it all in your stride. 

She’s tired and drained, It’s 3am
She’ll find the strength to do it all again

Rainbows In Windows (demo)

An original song by Callum Granger.

Lyrics.

Gotta get out, gotta leave this town
like a ghost I feel you all around
every street every tree lined avenue
reminds me of you

I'll take comfort in another's arms
helps me make it through
but when a heart beats next to mine
it reminds me of you

all the places we used to go, now just fading pictures in my mind
and all the old songs on the radio say the words that i could never find
sit at the table where all our plans died, and poor one last wine
look around this old empty house, guess your gone for good this time

Gotta get out, gotta leave this town
like a ghost I feel you all around
every street every tree lined avenue
reminds me of you

Reminds Me Of You (demo)

An original song by Callum Granger dedicated to all the soldiers who died during WW1 especially in the Pals Battalions.

Lyrics...

It'll all soon be over that’s what they used to say
so on that warm September evening We signed our lives away
Gave us boots and a rifle And a brand new uniform
The Pals Brigade where ready To face the coming storm

We were the pride of the whole town 
but I could see my mother’s pain
and I had an eerie feelin' I wouldn't see her again
She wrapped her arms around me on the day I got the call
she said my love will travel with you protect you through it all

2 year’s in the making, 10 minutes to cut down 
The pride of our streets, now just Ghosts of my Town

We marched to the front line Through villages and towns
The thunder growing louder, shaking the ground
We passed the VAD, saw things we shouldn’t have seen
seemed like the dead and the dying, were reaching out to me

Im the last of three brothers Youngest of them all
fought shoulder to shoulder And I watched them both fall
I’m the last from our street The rest all now gone
They were marched to the slaughter The first days on the Somme 

Chorus

Bayonet fixed and ready, gold cross in my hand
Wonder if the other boys have reached the promised land 
Now I Step up to the ladder
Fight the Tears in my eyes
The whistle blows loud
Is it my turn to die 

Chorus.

Ghosts In Our Town (demo)

Original song by C.M.Granger and C.J.Granger

Lyrics:
I COULDN’T FIND THE WORDS TO SAY
BUT I TRIED THEM ANYWAY
I GUESS I MADE THE SITUATION WORSE 
YOU THOUGHT I’D DRIFTED FROM YOUR SIDE,
YOU RAN TO FIND A PLACE TO HIDE
MY LOVE SHOULD BE A BLESSING, NOT A CURSE 

WHEN YOURE DOWN AND FEELING BLUE
WHEN THE WORLD GIVES UP ON YOU
WHEN THERE’S NO WHERE LEFT TO TURN
WHEN YOUR BRIDGES ARE ALL BURNED
WE CAN ANOTHER WAY
I CAN  MAKE IT ALL OKAY 

‘CAUSE I’M NOT CRAZY, I’M NOT LAZY
I’VE GOT BOTH FEET, FIRMLY ON THE GROUND
I KNOW WE’LL BE ALRIGHT NEXT TIME AROUND 
I KNOW WE’LL BE ALL RIGHT NEXT TIME AROUND 

LAST TIME OUT I GOT IT WRONG
BUT I’M SURE WE’D GET ALONG
IF YOU COULD FIND IT SOMEWHERE IN YOU HEART
TO LET ME TRY AND CHANGE YOUR MIND
CAUSE MAYBE THEN, YOU MIGHT FIND
A WAY FOR US TO MAKE A BRAND NEW START 

BRIDGE
CHORUS
BRIDGE
CHORUS

Next Time Around (demo)

Callum Granger is a London based singer songwriter and lover of …..“Guitars I can’t afford, IPA and Jamaican Ginger Cake” !!

Callum was raised in a house filled with music. Radio 1, 2 and Atlantic 252 were the soundtrack to his youth, and there were racks full of CD’s and vinyl of all genres from Dylan to AC/DC, country to blues.

During these early years Callum was absorbing all of these influences which are now evident in the songs he writes and performs, both as a solo artist and as half of the duo “Borders”. Think contemporary folk / Americana/ Roots with a twist of Blues.

Live, it’s mostly original material with an occasional cover. It’s compelling and entertaining story-telling, ranging from love and loss, to the consequences of conflict, but also songs of hope and songs which are just good fun.

During the 2020/21 “lock downs” Callum set himself up with a new home studio and spent the time writing and recording new material which he has performed on his streamed “Live and Alive Sessions”from his London Flat . He also supported Scottish musician Iona Fife (2021 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Finalist) on a New Roots Streamed event.

Summer 2021 has seen a slow return to some live gigs and Callum can be seen performing more and more across venues in London and the South of England, with the hope that “normal service will be resumed as soon as possible”!

Callum Granger

Popular tracks