TIM GRIMM’S new single ‘BROKEN TRUTH’ 
is a powerful folk music protest song – an urgent call to action, a ballad full of heartache and frustration and an extension of Tim Grimm’s quartet of political songs, each of which were the number one song of the year on Folk Radio in their respective years.In 2016, Tim wrote and released the song WOODY’S LANDLORD. He’d read that when Woody Guthrie first moved to New York, Fred Trump was his landlord. Tim had been on the high school speech team with Mike Pence; it seemed unfathomable that Donald Trump was even on the Republican ticket – and surreal that he had Pence on board. After Trump’s unbelievable win, Tim wrote ‘GONNA BE GREAT’ in 2017. Renowned cartoonist, Bill Plympton, did the (animation) video. And then, when Trump ran again, Tim wrote ‘GONE’ in 2020, driven by his sense that America had over those four years, lost so much— through the pandemic, the loss of fellow musicians, and the Trump-driven decline in public civility and respect for America in the world. Then, Trump lost, but didn’t go away.
Tim says about ‘BROKEN TRUTH ‘We as a society should have dismissed Trump after his loss, and certainly after the January 6th storming of the Capitol. We should have arrested him, and dismantled the framework that enabled him. But we didn’t, and he’s still out there, telling outright lies and running for another term. We must speak up. We must face this deep tear in the fabric of our society, not bury our heads in the sand. We must fight back. We must not let our country descend into this dystopian madness. We need to wield the songwriting sword with a fervent intent these days. For 9 years we’ve lived with sorrow – our will has been tested and our hearts have been broken. Let’s turn the tide and wield Pete Seeger’s Hammer. Let’s make America a good place, a compassionate place which can be called a beacon for truth and hope again. I’ll be singing, loud and clear.” Tim is joined on this track by guitarist Sergio Webb and pianist Nate Borofsky. Below is ‘BROKEN TRUTH’ in MP3 format
For most of Tim Grimm’s 25-year music career as a storytelling balladeer in the tradition of John Prine, Woody Guthrie, and Bob Dylan, he has written primarily about family, community, history, and social issues, often framed by his strong sense of place and his many years on the rural family farm he built in his home state of Indiana. He now splits his time between a cottage on the Oklahoma prairie and 50 acres of Indiana woods bought by his father in 1971.
Tim Grimm will tour with master guitarist and formerly David Olney’s musical partner, Sergio Webb in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland and Italy in September and October 2024. For booking and / or more information please contact bert@cavalier-musicmanagement.com www.timgrimm.com
‘BROKEN TRUTH’ the musicians:
Tim Grimm – vocal and guitar
Sergio Webb – electric guitar
Nate Borofsky – piano
Written by Tim Grimm
(p) & © 2024 Tim Grimm & Cavalier Music Management
Tim Grimm tourt met Sergio Webb in de Benelux in October 2024. Voor booking of informatie contact: bert@cavalier-musicmanagement.com
The words of ‘BROKEN TRUTH’ :
Here we go again, thought we’d been down that road
Thought we’d left it all behind us— I guess we should have known
It’s fight or flight— it’s so far from bring great
Can’t believe that laughing fool might lead us to our fate
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Don’t it break your heart? ‘Cause it breaks my heart
Damn that man who tears this country apart
He’s got no shame, he’s got no soul
He’s got no poetry inside to make him whole
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When I was a kid in Public School
Thought we’d learned a thing or two beyond the Golden rule
Put faith in science, truth in words
Acts of kindness and hope for all the world
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Don’t it break your heart? ‘Cause it breaks my heart
Damn that man who tears this country apart
He’s got no shame, he’s got no soul
He’s got no poetry inside to make him whole
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Sometimes we walk a thin line with our heads deep in the sand
One man’s sense of justice ties another woman’s hands
And the simple price of freedom — to be left alone and dream—
Is in the hands of his judges who rewrite the laws and scheme
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Don’t it break your heart? ‘Cause it breaks my heart
Damn that man who tears this country apart
He’s got no shame, he’s got no soul
He’s got no poetry inside to make him whole
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If you follow him, and you can count to seven
If you call yourself a Christian and you believe in Heaven..
Greed, Lust, Sloth, Pride, Envy, Gluttony and Wrath
It’s clear as day- they stormed the house,
All the hate inside his little mouth
Damn that man
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Don’t it break your heart? ‘Cause it breaks my heart
Damn that man who tears this country apart
He’s got no shame, he’s got no soul
He’s got no poetry inside to make him whole
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Nine years we’ve lived with sorrow, nine years we shook our heads
The Times they are a Changin’, and Honey in the Lion’s head
It’t time we lift the hammer and ring them bells instead.
It’s time we stamp these fires out and let the Peace be spread
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Don’t it break your heart ? ‘Cause it breaks my heart
Damn that man who tears this country apart
He’s got no shame, he’s got no soul
He’s got no poetry inside to make him whole
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