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#195- The Tree That Fell (1997)
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Somewhat psychedelic song with strange delayed vocal harmonies
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 #395
Peak in subgenre #30
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1997
Uploaded
December 14, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB 128 kbps 4:12
Story behind the song
Not sure what this means but I think subconsciously I may have been writing about my old friend Aaron. Mp3 Club listeners gave this a 3.5 out of 5.0. Comments included: "I don't care for this one" "The Tree That Fell is probably the most ambitious song of yours that I've heard. Somewhere between Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) and Early Pink Floyd-4.2"
Lyrics
Everytime I hear the song Remembering times when I belonged As two against the old rainbows Have passed the lives where old thoughts go You said that things were clear to you But the bell that rang it was not true It blew beyond where wings flew low Crashed to the ground the flames that throw Into the woods the tree that fell You heard it faintly I as well How did you know it crashed that day While sounder minds began to fray? The edge of night it came to fast And smiled its darkness in your path The crack of light it ceased to shine And now they say you lost your mind Into the woods the tree that fell You heard it faintly I as well How did you know it crashed that day While sounder minds began to fray? The tender mornings fade away And come again in yesterday A moment's reason is refused It bends to voices lit with fuse Into the woods the tree that fell You heard it faintly I as well How did you know it crashed that day While sounder minds began to fray? In your mind there lives a man Where frightened children cannot stand Beyond the fields of memories gaze Along the clouds of better days
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