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#46- A Simple Man (1983)
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A sentimental ditty with a catchy melody
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 #436
Peak in subgenre #60
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1983
Uploaded
April 15, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 1.7 MB 128 kbps 1:51
Story behind the song
I think I wrote this ditty for my wife, but I hadn't met her until 1985 (nor did I date her until 1988 as we were just friends at first), so either my list has this song out of place or I could see into the future. By the way, Wilbur was my cat at the time. Mp3 listeners rated this a 4.0 out of 5..... Comments included: "I really liked this one" "Cute ditty" "I guess I'm just a simple woman, but I liked this one a lot" "This song was very catchy... made me tap along to it. Ironically it ended abruptly and I wanted more"
Lyrics
He is a simple man He writes a simple song He very often even gets the simplest words wrong But he's got to sing them to feel at home We all want to feel at home He has a simple cat In his simple little home And his name is Wilbur And he likes to roam But he's got to love him To keep him at home We all want to feel at home Hey now he ain't got nothing without your lovin' heart Oh please give him a chance to find a lovin' start He is a simple man In a complicated age Looking for a simple woman Who has never built a cage But has carved a key From two smiles and a tear To take away his fear Hey now he ain't got nothing without your lovin' heart Oh please give him a chance to find a lovin' start He is a simple man He writes a simple song He very often even gets the simplest words wrong But he's got to sing them to feel at home We all want to feel at home Feels so good to be home
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