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#139-Bye Bye Mr. Claus (1992)
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Poor Santa gets plugged by an NRA man
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 #248
Peak in subgenre #21
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1992
Uploaded
March 23, 2008
Track Files
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MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:10
Story behind the song
This is an R rated Christmas song, because of gratuitous violence. Hope no one gets upset. It's not anti- Christmas, but it is anti-NRA. I also sometimes refer to this song as Merry X-mas from the NRA. Mp3 Club listeners gave this a 4.1.... Comments included: "Good beat. Interesting blend of metaphor" "i love that......he could've had a gun...your song is great for someone paying attention... like to a movie or a book. but, many listeners don't."
Lyrics
Late last night I found him poking around my home But luckily a handgun I did own Now nobody breaks into my house Ain't gonna tolerate no robbery I told him to just turn around slowly He was a fat old man He had something in his hand I said "drop it" and he told me to say "please" He tracked in a bunch of snow He was carrying am ol' big old sack Then I saw there was some deer and doe out back He was a fat old man And he had something in his hand I said "drop it" and he told me to say "please" I asked who the hell he thought he was Messing up my living room I heard a bell and someone signaled him ouside I didn't take no chances I only shoot if someone advances I shot him twice before he cried He said his name was Santa Claus Said he just wanted to spread some joy He coughed up some blood then he dropped his toys But he was a fat old man He had something in his hand I said "drop it" and he told me to say "please" So officer I can explain That Mr. Claus was surely insane But while I was at it I bagged some deer for the wall I understand you are an NRA man too I got some antlers for you Mr. Blue You should have seen the one with the red nose-Ha But he was a fat old man He had something in his hand I said "drop it" and he told me to say "please" It was me or him--you understand Mr. Jim He was a fat old man He could have had a gun, you understand Bye Bye Mr. Claus (3x) Merry Christmas!
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