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My First Song (1974) #1
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Literally my first song--A novelty tune
folk funny political sixties novelty gentle prolific idiosyncratic lehrer jefferson airplane ochs paxton steve goodman
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Tom Paxton meets Jefferson Airplane. Extremely prolific singer songwriter with a wide range of styles from bizarre novelty tunes and surrealistic poetic songs t
With more than 300 songs and counting and for more than 30 years, I have written in a variety of acoustic styles from novelty tunes to love songs to historical ballads to poetic surrealistic songs to retro-acoustic pop. From bizarre to traditional from funny to poignant, whatever style the song is in, the melodies are usually memorable and the lyrics unpredictable. This site will eventually contain rough often first take demos of my entire song catalogue. Many of the earliest songs when I first started writing will of course be shaky. So expect the songs to get better as time goes on. Feel free to come back and browse often as I will constantly be adding songs, one by one in chronological order, starting in 1974. If you are looking for some unusual songs to cover from a little known but unique artist, you have come to the right place. Just e-mail me. If you find a song here that intrigues you, but you don't like a line or two, or you think it needs a bridge, drop me an e-mail and maybe you can earn writer's credit if it gets that song to be recorded or performed.... otherwise just enjoy. You can become a Rob Lincoln fan at no cost to you. I promise that if you keep coming back there will be some real surprises along the way. While mostly acoustic, some original material will veer into folk rock and even 60's pop, but the garage rock and loudest material will also be found in full band arrangement at soundclick.com/abrasiveflowers Eventually some of these 300+ tunes may be rerecorded and make it on to CD, including a novelty CD that would be suitable for Dr. Demento or an historical ballad CD or a political song CD--but until then, this is the only site you can hear most of these songs. (A few of my songs CAN be found on songramp.com/RobLincoln and myspace.com/lessickandlincoln)
Song Info
Charts
Peak #170
Peak in subgenre #37
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1974
Uploaded
October 07, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 1.9 MB 128 kbps 2:03
Story behind the song
Written when I was just 15. This is where it all starts. It uses just about every chord I knew at the time. It was a tongue and cheek attempt to describe my frustration in trying to come up with lyrics Mp3 Club listeners' average rating was 3.1 out of 5 Some listeners' comments were: "Cute song," "Charming," "Surprisingly sophisticated lyrics for a 15 year old," "Could work live in the right setting," "A few good lines," "Only a songwriter could appreciate this," "I'm calling Sony..."
Lyrics
Stuck inside my room Just figured out this tune On my old....bassoon? But as you can see the lyrics won't come easily So I'll put it away for another day Stuck inside my mind Melodies so fine For such a short time Then they fade away nothing left to play They pass away, they slip away But I caught this melody today Want to write it down to play Let my ears follow it Till the notes stick on my fingertips Well I'm having no luck These lyrics ain't worth a buck Oh what the ......shucks At least my words rhyme I can't pantomime And honesty is the best policy But I caught.... Well I'm sorry this ain't no poem And I don't know where this song's goin And nothing rhymes with that But it's on its way It's improved since yesterday And it won't be long Till I've got a song My first song
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Heidi Wolfson
Feb 19, 2012
I love your first song. It's fresh. Nothing cliche about it. "Honesty is the best policy" is well placed. Also, great title for a first song.