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#44- Miriam (1983)
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A rare solo version of one of my better known songs. Hear it all done up and sung much better on the Other Lives CD at cdbaby.com
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 #400
Peak in subgenre #55
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1983
Uploaded
April 08, 2007
Track Files
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MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:11
Story behind the song
Miriam is one of my few songs that has been released on CD. (with Lessick & Lincoln). This is my most recent version of Miriam sung solo on one of my not so good vocal days. I can still sound better than this, but not this week unfortunately. Check out Lessick & Lincoln's version on i-tunes or cdbaby.com, or an earlier solo version on songramp.com/RobLincoln Mp3 Club listeners gave this a 4.5 our of 5..... Some comments were: "First one of yours I recognized. Very nice song – a 5. I listened to all the versions""Of course Miriam I know with its very memorable chorus""It's a good thing that I listened to all three versions....because the old version melodically grabbed me ....especially the words 'What gives you the right to take her smile away?' I wish I had said that in one of my songs"
Lyrics
Miriam closes her eyes as she greets the brand new day She gathers up her lies and she's on her cheery way She's the last one out the door through the open window paine She's climbing up her walls says it's her favorite game And she's going very far Yes she's going very far And she won't need a new car Just an old guitar And if you see her smiling though the skies are grey What gives you the right to take her smile away? Yes if you see her smiling though the skies are grey What gives you the right to take a smile? Miriam puts on candlelight as your day becomes her night Dresses in tattered blue jeans Says she's tired of the scene Through an old crack on the wall an angry tear must fall But it dissolves before the floor and we both swear it wasn't there And she's going very far Yes she's going very far And she won't need a new car Just an old guitar And if you see her smiling though the skies are grey What gives you the right to take her smile away? Yes if you see her smiling though the skies are grey What gives you the right to take a smile? Miriam opens up her eyes when it's deep into the night And her dreamland starts anew where she loves both me and you Open the door take a peek you'll see her smiling in her sleep She says all her friends are there who's to say it isn't so? And she's going very far Yes she's going very far And she won't need a new car Just an old guitar And if you see her smiling though the skies are grey What gives you the right to take her smile away? Yes if you see her smiling though the skies are grey What gives you the right to take a smile away?
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