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#207- Working So Hard (2000)
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Bluesy simple weary tune
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 #227
Peak in subgenre #38
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2000
Uploaded
February 08, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:08
Story behind the song
This is a run of the mill little bluesy tune I wrote for someone I know who had been working too hard. (my wife of course) Nothing clever or funny, just downtrodden. Perhaps you can relate though. It's a very simple song structure, just me and the guitar and a soft backgorund vocal.
Lyrics
You’ve been working so hard till the brain feels like jelly You’ve been working so hard till there’s pain in the belly You’ve been working so hard Have to keep up your guard Working so hard You’ve been fighting the fight but you don’t see the punches You’ve been fighting the fight you’ve been skipping the lunches You’ve been fighting the fight But it don’t seem right Fighting the fight You’ve been carrying the weight till you feel the jobs over You’ve been carrying the weight and then soon this life’s over You’ve been carrying the weight You’ll just give in to fate Carrying the weight You’ve been carrying the weight You’ll just give in to fate Carrying the weight You’ve been working so hard till the brain feels like jelly You’ve been working so hard till there’s pain in the belly
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