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#61-4:01 AM (1985) archival tape
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Quiet, intimate love song written and recorded quickly around 4:01 in the morning in January 1985--w/strange finger pick pattern
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 #300
Peak in subgenre #48
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1985
Uploaded
June 10, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.4 MB 160 kbps 2:35
Story behind the song
This little song, 4:01 AM, was never played to anyone. I think I actually wrote and recorded it around 4 in the morning and it has that quiet intimate feel. This is the only known recording- direct from cassette. This song has received an average rating of 4.3 out of 5 from Mp3 club listeners. Comments included: "I liked this one very much. The music and feel are excellent, but the lyrics could use some re-working, and potentially it could be a great song. " "I loved that one. A 5! So pretty. Really like the guitar and I wish your voice still sounded like this for this song at least"
Lyrics
It's 4:01 AM Hear the soft snow drop On my roof again And I've been thinking about yesterday Before the sun will again shine it's rays Between the shades all pulled down inside I can't hide from the way that I feel It's 4:01 AM Out the window lies A lonely snowman But as I lie in the warm silver quilt I remember the way that it felt When I first saw your face by the door But I can't remember anymore It's still 4:01 AM Soon it will be gone Never again But before I leave I'll breath the morning air And I'll think of the times when you were there And I'll know I'll never touch your hair It's 4:02 AM
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