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#241-And Now You Think It's the World's Fair (2002
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Strange song with some references to a 1964 event in Flushing Meadows
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 #203
Peak in subgenre #45
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2002
Uploaded
August 28, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.4 MB 111 kbps 3:01
Story behind the song
This is from a recording of 22 songs all written during a short period. I think it might be about the angel of death teasing a dying obese woman with an oxygen tank. (However, he's really soothing her by referring to a pleasant moment in her soon to be extinguished life)...but then again it may not be.
Lyrics
Former Lighty Aphrodite You were so flighty Youa€™ve become so overgrown You have to play the sousaphone Barehand kittens Sure foot mittens Sandbag misses You went to town and combed your hair And now you think ita€™s the worlda€™s fair Oscar Meyer in Queens New York World of tomorrow lets you park Watch the globe fade to brass Before you know a few decades passed High-steppin Hippolyta Youa€™re late for supper Youa€™re so anti-miniscule Youa€™re soon to become fossil fuel Drinking from your keg of air Youa€™re a broken down old easy chair Gases to gashes ass to ash For the rides youa€™re gonna need some cash Oscar Meyer in Queens New York World of tomorrow lets you park Watch the globe fade to brass Before you know a few decades passed Misanthropic Magdalene You hurry from the human scene Shine your trousers coast to coast But do not feed the holy ghost For it may bite and it may bray And then youa€™ll scare the seeds away For plants dona€™t grow in Flushing Yards But soon youa€™ll soar in flying cars Oscar Meyer in Queens New York World of tomorrow lets you park Watch the globe fade to brass Before you know a few decades passed Wash your memory in thin air And now you think ita€™s the worlda€™s fair Now you think ita€™s the worlda€™s fair Now you think ita€™s the worlda€™s fair
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