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#287-Goin On A Holiday (2005)-unplugged
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Acoustic version, which is very different than garage rock version on Abrasive Flowers cd
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
Genre
Rock Rock Unplugged
Charts
#197 in subgenre Peak #8
Charts
Peak #354
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2004
Uploaded
August 01, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:25
Story behind the song
Quickly written stream of consciousness evoking mid 60's Britain
Lyrics
The tram has come and we're going for a holiday The bell has rung and we're packing for a holiday The war is over and it's sunny for a holiday The countryside is swinging for a holiday All come we're boarding for a holiday Buy a ticket or follow to the holiday Uh oh the sky is turning grey It cannot will not rain on our holiday Rainbow colors are running from the holiday Soon there will be no one left to find our way The clock has stopped and it's saying it's a holiday The garden flowers are thirsting for a holiday The double decker bus is boarding for a holiday There's so much fuss we're racing for a holiday All come we're boarding for a holiday The tram has come and we're going for a holiday The bell has rung and we're packing for a holiday The war is over and it's sunny for a holiday The countryside is swinging for a holiday All come we're boarding for a holiday Buy a ticket or follow to the holiday Uh oh the sky is turning grey It cannot will not rain on our holiday Rainbow colors are running from the holiday Soon there will be no one left to find our way Home is far and it's closing for the holiday Motorcars are racing to the holiday Going off the map they have lost their way Driving back in time to a better day I can see you fading in the holiday Young again resplendent in the holiday
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