The music of Catherine Scholz, singer-songwriter

Tag: indie music

  • Lyrics to “Hammer and the Chimes” by Catherine Scholz

    The Hammer and the Chimes

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz

    Your eyes took me to places I’d longed to know.

    Goodbyes are tearful faces afraid to show.

    Memories of the time we spent

    Cannot be taken from my mind.

    Perhaps the only purpose we had

    Was listening to the hammer and the chimes.


    Then our fears got in the way.

    It’s clear that I had to pay.

    Would you admit that we both had a part to play?

    Our fears got in the way.


    So many things I’d like to say

    Without my words getting in the way

    There’s so many things I’d like to do

    If only I could get through to you.

    Your eyes took me to places I’d longed to go.

    Goodbyes are tearful faces letting go.

  • Lyrics to “Whirlwind Girl” by Catherine Scholz

    Lyrics to “Whirlwind Girl” by Catherine Scholz

    Whirlwind Girl

    Lyrics and music by Catherine Scholz (©2008)

    Whirlwind girl, spinning dust.
    Spinning Tree, she must be lost by now.

    By now her leaves have gone from green
    to shades of yellow, orange, red,
    to bridges, then to rivers,
    then to sea…

    Whirlwind girl, spinning time.
    Spinning Tree, she must be fine right now.
    By now she’s light, though lost and nameless,
    hungrier, though young and blameless,
    strange to be given something free.

    CHORUS:

    Growing her roots straight down,
    waving her leafless crown,
    holding the cryin’ ground,
    Spinning Tree.

    Whirlwind girl, spinning gold.
    Spinning stars, she must be old by now.
    And like the nights, her sighs grow longer.
    And as her tender roots grow stronger,
    Her heart becomes a whirlwind spreading dust,
    as it must.

    Whirlwind girl, spinning round.
    Holding Earth, she knows to kiss the ground.
    Forever home, though lost and nameless,
    Hungrier, though young and blameless,
    Strange to be given something free. Spinning Tree.

    CHORUS

    Whirlwind Woman, spinning fire.
    Spinning sound, her own desires near.
    Happier, her name is faceless,
    Healthier, though old and blameless,
    strange to be given something free,
    and now it’s strange to be GIVING something free,
    Spinning Tree.

    CHORUS

  • Upcoming Gig: the 20th Annual Nevada City Psychic Fair

    The lineup in the Stone Hall
    The lineup in the Stone Hall

  • My first podcast: “Whirlwind Girl” by Catherine Scholz with Michael Logue

    This is my first Podcast – a sample of the title track of my 2008 release, “Whirlwind Girl (available on iTunes).” I recorded this album at SunSound Studios in Grass Valley, CA with guitarist/engineer, Michael Logue. For reviews, videos, photos, interviews and more, please visit my website. And if you like what you hear, you can sample the rest of my tracks here: “Listen to Whirlwind Girl.”

    Make music, not war…

    – Catherine Scholz (artist website)