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#281-Crystal Fountains of Youth (2004)
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Delicate wistful finger picker, slightly reminiscent perhaps of late period (poetic, not political) Phil Ochs
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 #199
Peak in subgenre #35
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2004
Uploaded
June 13, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.0 MB 128 kbps 3:13
Story behind the song
I decided in October 2004 to try to write a song every night. I got to 6 nights in a row and 6 songs. What stopped me was not writer's block nor any inability to write--it was no time because of family and other commitments. I will try it agian this summer perhaps.
Lyrics
You were searching for everlasting so silently You were crying on clouds of sky and light blue You were walking as mountain flowers were drying up You were dreaming of crystal fountains of youth Now the path is so overgrown Weeds are sticking to you The brush is taking hold on the ground Gray overcoming the blue Like a lizard who hides in the desert Your tongue is drawn Looking harried but ready to jump at the clue In hot weather you blend together so cleverly Looking for that lost drop of tasty wet due Now the smile's a bit withdrawn Crow's feet in from the cold But the laughter it still has wings And it can fly though it's old You were searching for everlasting so silently You were crying on clouds of sky and light blue You were walking as mountain flowers were drying up You were dreaming of crystal fountains of youth You were dreaming of crystal fountains of youth You were dreaming of crystal fountains of youth
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