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#129- Myrtle Avenue (1991)
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Song from the perspective of a large inanimate organism that is now deceased
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 #298
Peak in subgenre #38
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1991
Uploaded
February 17, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.6 MB 128 kbps 2:52
Story behind the song
One day a beautiful neighborhood tree was cut down. I felt sad. It was actually on Chew Avenue, not Myrtle Avenue. Mp3 listeners gave this a 3.9 out of 5.0..... Comments included: "Very nice. Glad you recovered it" "This one reminded me of how sad I was when we had to cut down the big old maple in our backyard because it was starting to split -- I loved that tree." "I'd subtitle this song 'A tree dies in Brooklyn'" "Myrtle Avenue- eerie and sad the way songs should be- Did someone say John Barleycorn?"
Lyrics
Just 2 blocks past Oaklyn Way Take two lefts then straight ahead Three doors down stuck in the ground On Myrtle Aven, Myrtle Avenue I'm reaching out to touch a cloud I never flinch, I'm quietly proud My bark has never made a sound On Myrtle Aven, Myrtle Avenue Now look at what they've done to me now Do you feel sorry? Do you feel sorry? Do you feel sorry? As quiet a neighbor as anyone I just wanted to share some sun And when attacked I cannot run On Myrtle Aven, Myrtle Avenue Now look at what they've done to me now Do you feel sorry? Do you feel sorry? Do you feel sorry? I was a home where the squirrels roamed Sparrows in their nest in the shade you'd rest Now a stump is all that's left On Myrtle Aven, Myrtle Aven, Myrtle Aven Myrtle Avenue
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