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#111-To Dream (1989)(archive tape)
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Song about not losing one's dreams. This is a place holder recording from cassettetape. Better recording coming soon
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 Folk Rock
Charts
Peak #685
Peak in subgenre #45
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1989
Uploaded
December 09, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:26
Story behind the song
This song was done up in quite a nice arrangement by Lessick & Lincoln. It is about coming to terms with no longer being young and...well just listen to the song. Like many of my songs the 2nd (or 3rd) person is actually me. Mp3 Club listeners gave this a 3.9 out of 5.0...Some comments included: "I really like this one. Nice chord changes. Good poppy feeling. I could really imagine it arranged nicely." "Nice lyrics" "One of your best--a 4.5" "Melody didn't grab me"
Lyrics
Something's calling you You cannot go Sunlight's inside of you Afraid that it shows Oh no You've been working all of the day The routine is taking all of your leeway Oh no Where did he go? The one full of all the dreams He had to grow Become an adult Part of the suit and tie scene But don't you know? It's never too late to dream Something awakens you You open your eyes Then you just close one of them A clean compromise Oh no Dreaming of the past tonight You cry in your sleep Then you go to your job at 9 To count all your sheep Where did he go? The one full of all the dreams He had to grow Become an adult Part of the suit and tie scene But don't you know? It's never too late to dream Bridge-When you were just eleven Thought you could be just anything The sky's the limit right to heaven Just grab a hold of the brass ring No No No You're gaining weight my friend Your hair's turning grey Don't look into the mirror And cry with dismay Where did he go? The one full of all the dreams He had to grow Become an adult Part of the suit and tie scene But don't you know? It's never too late to dream Where did he go? The one full of all the dreams He had to grow Become an adult Part of the suit and tie scene But don't you know? It's never too late to dream No No No No No!
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