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#137- Proud (1992)
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An anti-war song inspired by the Persian Gulf War
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 #481
Peak in subgenre #71
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1992
Uploaded
March 16, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:07
Story behind the song
Proud was inspired after hearing two different widows of Persian Gulf War soldiers give nearly the same interview. It is sadly still relevent today. For those of you familiar with the version on the Lessick & Lincoln CD, this version may surprise you. (Steve Lessick contributed a line or two on this one) Mp3 listeners gave it a 4.0 out of 5.0... Comments included: "Great anti-war song-maybe even more relevant today." "I checked out Proud. A very sad event in a widow's life. Most people don't know what to say and it's easier to not say anything. I would hate to be the lady, parents or the kids. No dad coming home. "I caught the emotion sarcasm - keep a stiff upper lip, be proud. What he did for his country and king is to be commended, but I still cry at the needless, senseless loss of life and at the pain of a wife and child not having the man in their life anymore."
Lyrics
She's got the letter now She's in an interview And she said her husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now Checks coming in the mail Expenses will be paid too She's got a husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now She said it had to be to keep them free She said it was not in vain, he's in eternity She said he would want her to say these things Good soldiers sometimes die for God, country or king But the king is better now He's got his country back And she's got a husband made her proud Aint' she the lucky one now Some people got to sacrifice for freedom, oil, or the status quo And she's got a husband made her proud Aint' she the lucky one now She said that all his life he wanted to fly Couldn't wait to get up into the big blue sky He was so excited when he called just a few days ago How strange it is he's here one day And gone tomorrow But she's got the photos out Got the ring on her finger And she's got a husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now Got a baby in her arms Another sleeps inside her And she's got a husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now God you know he works so mysteriously The pastor now tells them that his soul is truly free The people all go back to work now except some family But everyone still talks about his great personality And she's got the letter now She's in an interview And she said her husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now Checks coming in the mail Expenses will be paid too She's got a husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now She's got a husband made her proud Ain't she the lucky one now She's got a husband made her proud She's a proud woman now She's a proud woman now
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