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#12 Waiting For The Midnight Sun (1979)
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My first attempt at something remotely bluesy
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
Genre
Blues Country Blues
Charts
#595 in subgenre Peak #16
Charts
Peak #109
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1979
Uploaded
December 17, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.4 MB 128 kbps 2:35
Story behind the song
I used to watch the teens hang out on the corner and have to walk past them when I went to the corner grocery to grab a bottle of soda. They'd hang on the corner for hours every night in my old neighborhood. The corner was Sherwood Rd and 47th st to be exact--in the Wynnefield section of Philly. Mp3 club gave this a 3.5* rating out of 5..... Comments included this one: "I just got a chance to listen to this one and I enjoyed it so much. Its a nice easy song for me to relate to, I liked the music but I particularly thought your voice was really excellent." "Sounded a little John Cale. I think those same kids hung out on Summerdale Avenue near the 7/11." "#12 gets a solid 4! I liked this song alot, all around best so far. This one should go to CD...could stand some cleaning up... Perhaps chug or chuggin instead of grab makes it more visual on the soda...perhaps searchin' instead of waitin' for the midnight sun, ties in better with gotta find...dunno...music fits this one perfect." *revised rating from additional comments
Lyrics
Go around the corner Grab a bottle of soda Hear the trees a rustling The humming of the motor See them standing slow and drinking rum Don't ask what they're doin They're just waiting for the midnight sun Ya think they're doing nothing Ya think they're up to no good Now who are you to say The shouldn'ts and the shoulds? They like to feel fine smoking slow and drinking rum Don't ask what they're doin They're just waiting for the midnight sun Sometimes you just gotta stand slow When you got nowhere to run Sometimes when you feel real bored Gotta find that midnight sun Feel so free and easy Give a little teasy Don't mind standing slow Or looking a bit too sleazy Just admire them Don't become undone But don't ask what they're doin When they're waiting for the midnight sun
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