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#260-Falling Far Rockaway (2002)
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Sentimental little finger picking ditty
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 #177
Peak in subgenre #29
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2002
Uploaded
January 18, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB 173 kbps 2:47
Story behind the song
When I was little we would visit my cousins' house in far Rockaway at least once a year. I remember swimming in the ocean for the first time in my life with my uncle. The place has really gone downhill since those days in the early sixties. It used to be the place to be in the 1920's.
Lyrics
Seasons of the dawn Seashells on sand lawn Salty days sunshine ways Falling Far Rockaway Floating in your arms Gathering sea charms Gentle times beachside finds Falling Far Rockaway I can see boardwalk Playtown Cotton candy on the ground Youthful haze Under parents’ gaze Falling Far Rockaway Seagulls laugh out loud The waves crest oh so proud I saw a boat I learned to float in Falling Far Rockaway I can hear the carnival man cry Throw a ring on the bottle for a prize I won a toy So filled with joy in Falling Far Rockaway Leisure town of old The ocean’s now grown cold But Memories stay Of a long gone day in Falling Far Rockaway
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