Safe Hands
Words and music by Kieran Barry Violet
Eyes which tell a thousand lies
And a smile that could never ever
Go out of style
Your grace even when it’s out of place
Is always easy on the eye
And another reason why
I hang on to the coat-tails of
This roller-coaster ride
Your voice with its low and lazy drawl
Must surely top my list of
Favourite things of all
So take me to the Paradiso
Hold me close
Like you’ll never let me go
This bad old world
Can do no harm
When I’m in your arms
And I’m glad
That I know
There is always a light on
Even if it’s low
Aisling Fitzpatrick, cello, Gary Baus, saxophone, Sinead Desmond, vocals, Eileen Healy, vocals, Karl Glass, percussion, engineering & production, KB Violet, guitar, bass, vocals, engineering & production.
This has to be the closest thing I’ve ever written to a ‘jazz standard’ which is odd as it started to come to fruition on the same night ‘Chemistry’ did – the closest thing I’ve ever written to a pop song. My vocal is not nearly as good as it should be but we never got around to redoing it.
Sax player Gary Baus was so taken with the song he introduced it to an ensemble he was playing with at the time called ‘Anita Williams and Rouge’. They released it as a single under the title ‘Take me to the Paradiso’. You can see a video of their recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXhjU102ZIs
And my long-term co-writing partner, ex-flatmate and dear friend Jason Anderson recently recorded this version under the original title. Just one man and his guitar – fantastic …
https://www.facebook.com/operamango.songs/videos/2845497325537873/
KB
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