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#9 Cheyenne (1979)
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My first attempt at honky tonk, actually written on a Greyhound Bus near Cheyenne
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
#406 in subgenre Peak #14
Charts
Peak #161
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1979
Uploaded
December 10, 2006
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MP3
MP3 3.6 MB 128 kbps 3:58
Story behind the song
When I was 19 I took a Greyhound Bus from Philly cross country all the way to California to visit some friends along the way. I was struck with the peacefulness of Cheyenne Wyoming and while passing through wrote the words and melody to this song on the bus as we rolled into and out of Cheyenne. Little did I know I would soon be in the middle of a deadly tornado---but that's another story. This was the first song of mine performed by another person--my long time musical partner Steve Lessick, who sang it in the group Hearthstone. That definitive version will be available sometime soon, but for now here is my version with me learning the mandolin. Mp3 club listeners gave it an average rating of 2.8 of 5.0....... Some listener comments were: "catchy," "nice mandolin," "a country hit," "not my favorite style," "just ok" "I actually liked this song more at the end of the song when I heard the harmony"
Lyrics
The fields just roll as the warm breeze blows A hundred miles from Cheyeene As the bus rolls west the driver and his guests Ramble on about the land Cows swat their tails the life's a pace of snails A hundred miles from Cheyenne Nebraska breeze blows the few evergreen rows The clouds just roll to Cheyenne Now midwest ain't my home but it's good fun to roam A hundred miles from Cheyenne It's so laid back that there just ain't no flak A hundred miles from Cheyenne Bus driver sings an old Mexican song A hundred miles from Cheyenne Tells us our next stop won't be too long A hundred miles from Cheyenne The highway folds as the sky turns gold Roll away Cheyenne Roll away Cheyenne
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