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#74-Mr. Nobody (1985)
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This is not traditional and not Irish, but it could be performed as a traditional Irish tune. Mp3 Club listers averaged 3.9 out of 5.0....Comments included 'Beatles influence' 'Sad and Poignant' 'I hated this one' 'Great Song' 'Nicely put
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 #101
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1985
Uploaded
July 22, 2007
Track Files
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MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 3:26
Story behind the song
Back when I wrote this tune at the age of 26, I thought 43 was washed up and decrepit. Some people find this song humorous, others really sad. I guess it's dark humor. Lessick & Lincoln performed it for a while w/Lessick singing lead with an Irish brogue. It's a waltz.
Lyrics
My name is Harold McFrown And I bet you have seen me around For every once in a while I dress up and go out in style And I never bother nobody Nobody bothers me I live with my kitty and mummy It's great to be happy and free I'm Mr. Nobody, Mr. Nobody But someday I'll be somebody. But I'm in no hurry, ain't got no worry 'Cause mummy she worries for me I work hard all the live long day I nary have the time to play But whatever will be, will be Pretty soon I will be 43 And I never bother nobody Nobody bothers me I live with my kitty and mummy It's great to be happy and free I'm Mr. Nobody, Mr. Nobody But someday I'll be somebody. But I'm in no hurry, ain't got no worry 'Cause mummy she worries for me Now I'm in the papers you see Just like I said I would be Right there on page 33 A line in the obituary: "He never bothered nobody" Nobody bothered me I lived with my kitty and mummy Oh it was great to be happy and free I'm Mr. Nobody, Mr. Nobody But someday I'll be somebody. But I'm in no hurry, ain't got no worry 'Cause mummy she worries for me I'm Mr. Nobody, Mr. Nobody But someday I'll be somebody. But I'm in no hurry, ain't got no worry 'Cause mummy she worries for me Yes my name was Harold McFrown And I bet you had seen me around For every once in a while We'll all dress up and go out in style
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