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#118-Cherry Blossom Trees (archive tape)-(1991)
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Not traditional Asian but it has a Japanese feel and lyrics that match the sound of the song. This is an old cassette archive tape.
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 #325
Peak in subgenre #107
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1991
Uploaded
January 06, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 3:04
Story behind the song
This is one of those songs that has a surprise ending, so if you can avoid it, don't read the lyrics first. The picture may give a clue to what the song is really about. The photo is from the time and place this song is set--or a few moments after the song. Mp3 Club listeners gave this an average rating of 4.3 out of 5.0...Some comments included: "Now this is a good tune" "Musically inventive" "I really liked it!" "Cherry Blossom Trees has an eerie Japanese calm in the melody. Not too many people are writing songs on that topic. You're a pioneer"
Lyrics
I had a dream In this dream I saw a field of cherry blossom trees And then the scene Changed in my dream No more field of cherry blossom trees Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down down down down down (2x) I had a dream In this dream I smelled a garden of rosemary And then the scene Changed in my dream No more garden of rosemary Burn it down Burn it down Burn it down down down down down (2x) When I awoke From this dream I could see It was only a dream I walked outside Into the light A hot August morning In Nagasaki
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