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#293-Disappear (2005)
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Cosmic existentialist poetic psychedelic retro rock
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 #259
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2005
Uploaded
October 17, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.0 MB 128 kbps 5:29
Story behind the song
This one came from some alternate part of my brain. Contains some of my most cosmic lyrics. Can be found on the Abrasive Flowers CD
Lyrics
Can't you see when the lights are dim you can almost disappear? Don't you know when the lights go low you will almost lose your fear? Can't you see when the night crawls above ground you could almost disappear? Don't you see when the sun settles down you can find you were never here? Just dissolve in the afterglow Sink inside of your clothes Before soon you will be all you know See shadows marching in rows See the shadows marching in rows Can't you see as the time caves in you will hope to reappear? Don't you know as the clock leaps a beat you will swallow another year? Stars burn a hole in the blackened night sky Think you can see a sure way Dawn is pushing the black velvet covers The sky will soon show its ray The skies will soon show the day Flowers become a shadow They take the shape of the moon The mind that used to be shallow Has tried to make me immune Has tried to make me immune Can't you see when you close your eyes tight there's a silent bang so very far? Don't you know if you see the bright light you'll hitch to a distant star? Just emerge in the molasses sun Squint your eyes to a cloud The sky has started its final night run It crumbles quietly loud It crumbles humbly proud Can't you see when the light grows dim you can almost disappear? Don't you know when the lights go low you can almost lose your fear? Can't you see when the night crawls above ground you can almost disappear? Don't you see when the sun settles down you can feel you were never here? You can almost disappear 10X
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