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#144-Crow (1992)
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Single   $0.5
Slightly dissonant fingerpicking song and a somewhat dark subject matter
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 #262
Peak in subgenre #40
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1992
Uploaded
April 13, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.9 MB 128 kbps 4:18
Story behind the song
Crow was one of the more dissonant and complex songs I'd written up to this time. L&L did a nice version with lots of harmonies. This solo version is an approximation of that version. Mp3 Club listners gave this a 4.0 out of 5.0...Comments included: "Great lyrics" "Dark and gloomy" "the darker the better...the abyss and folly of life"
Lyrics
In the fields of winter Stands the old black crow He could find warmer climates Maybe he doesn't know I start walking towards him Hoping he cannot see He runs away on crow's feet Then to the sky quickly Fly fly away from me Fly go away from me Fly fly away Over my head he's still there Staring at spots through my hair Laughing aloud at what he sees He's watching time pass through me Like a flying goblin His shadow in the snow He watches over my life Wherever I may go Through the streets in darkness I see him by my side Down the rainy alley He's in the cans at night Fly fly away from me Fly go away from me Fly fly away Over my head he's still there Staring at spots through my hair Laughing aloud at what he sees He's watching time pass through me I hear the crow of winter Caw in the dead of night And I know he is laughing To keep himself from fright The old crow out my window He's just as scared as me He'll fly away one summer Thinking he's finally free
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