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#7 -Friend of Long Ago (1978)
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A song about an old friend
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 #197
Peak in subgenre #55
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1978
Uploaded
December 03, 2006
Track Files
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MP3 4.9 MB 128 kbps 5:21
Story behind the song
This long song was so uninteresting musically that it was never played to anyone. I added a slight change in the chord progression but it still needs a bridge. It's one of my least interesting songs musically, though one person who heard this recording thought the music was "haunting," while another found the lyrics "poignant." The photo is of me and an old friend of long ago. We were 7. Mp3 club listeners' average rating was 2.7.... Comments included: "With some some better lyrics it could be a 5" "It really was poignant and haunting," "I agree with haunting but it was long," "dragged a bit but the mood was haunting" "I felt this song had too many personal experiences in it that are not relevant to the listener," "needs a new melody" "a bridge won't help-start over"
Lyrics
A picture from an old drawer has a faded you and me But even though we're smiling it's sadness that I see I met you in the schoolyard I knew we'd soon be pals We rode the old school bus together But we've gotten lost somehow Friend of long ago Though you're far away I cannot forget our times together You're still a part of me We walked down the abandoned train tracks Through the woods where we'd never been Looking for the haunted houses That tried to beckon us in Friend of long ago... I hope today that your eyes Have grown brighter with the years And I know that for myself I have slowly lost my fears And if we ever meet again On some day so long from now I will not have to remember you You have never left somehow Friend of long ago...
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