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#163-The Sweet Marie (1997)
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Nostalgic fairy tale also found on Men From When's CD, (go to menfromwhen.com for that very different version)
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 #279
Peak in subgenre #42
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1997
Uploaded
June 27, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 2:45
Story behind the song
Perhaps I was yearning for past days...I don't remember anymore. Some people don't care at all for this song, others think it's one of my best. The Sweet Marie rated a 4.0 out of 5 from the weekly listeners. Comments included: "Pretty song" "Re: Sweet Marie. Ok/ I give up. A shooting star? A constellation? A ufo? A russian satellite? A flying dylan song?" "Oh wow... didn't even realize it was the same tune as the version on your Cd. Tempo is much different and even the melody doesn't quite sound the same. I wasn't impressed when I heard this version, but then I went back and listened to the men from when version again and liked it a lot. Sometimes song sound best in the nude and sometimes I like them all dressed up."
Lyrics
Twas a sunny day Far far away We went up feeling Saw her in the clear In the wind swept hills The Sweet Marie It was a wondrous crystal morning That should have lasted a lifetime In the sparkling sun Laughing on the run We went up to the sky The day became the night No fear no fright We could never die It was a wondrous crystal morning That should have lasted a lifetime Somewhere near the coluds She finally ran aground And hit a rainbow iceberg She sank in the air Pot of gold flung everywhere The Sweet Marie But it was a wondrous crystal morning That should have lasted a lifetime So now if you're young And you look up in the sun To where your eyes should never be You might see her light From the distant height The Sweet Marie Yes up in the sky Are those things that cannot die And those things that cannot be Up in the air Beyond our hopes and fears Flies the Sweet Marie The Sweet Marie
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