
Rob Lincoln

#285-Better Than Saddam (2004) #285-Better Than Saddam (2004)
Satirical protest song written at the height of Shock & Awe. Check out some of the facts.

#284-Born To Follow- 2004 #284-Born To Follow- 2004
Song about a soldier. Anti-war, but more sad than angry.

#283-Maddy of the Mountainside (2004) #283-Maddy of the Mountainside (2004)
A finger picking ditty about a little girl inspired by Donavan's Jennifer Juniper

#282- Grant's Tomb-In Concert (2004) #282- Grant's Tomb-In Concert (2004)
Contemplative song performed live at the Barrington Coffeehouse at the 1st Night of the Living Rob (1/8/09)

#281-Crystal Fountains of Youth (2004) #281-Crystal Fountains of Youth (2004)
Delicate wistful finger picker, slightly reminiscent perhaps of late period (poetic, not political) Phil Ochs

#280-Where The Mermaids Go (2004) #280-Where The Mermaids Go (2004)
A bit British sounding acoustic song about death by Mermaid. Could use a rocked up arrangement methinks

#279- Debby (2004) #279- Debby (2004)
Lot's of songs with girls' names but couldn't think of a song about a Debby so I wrote one. It's a rock song with just acoustic guitar and voice.

#278-Down Alberta Way-electric-(2004) #278-Down Alberta Way-electric-(2004)
Dedicate to Neil Young. Electric grungy version found on my unreleased (as of 2010) Abrasive Flowers CD. Hear acoustic version which sounds pretty different.

#278-Down Alberta Way-unplugged (2004) #278-Down Alberta Way-unplugged (2004)
Dedicated to Neil Young. The lyrics are stream of conscious surrealistic stuff. Electric version sounds very different.

#277-Bright Turquoise Skies (2004) #277-Bright Turquoise Skies (2004)
One of my happiest tunes. Has a nice little acoustic riff

#276-In Case You Didn't Know (2004) #276-In Case You Didn't Know (2004)
Song for a friend, the melody jumps an octave

#275-If We Could Find The Time (2004) #275-If We Could Find The Time (2004)
Strange fingerpicking pattern

#274-Ferocious Kittens (2003) #274-Ferocious Kittens (2003)
Short ominous song about the deadly kittens waiting for all of us

#273-You Are A Practical Person (2003) #273-You Are A Practical Person (2003)
Silly ditty created in an exercise using a fortune cookie fortune

#272-Dark House (2003) #272-Dark House (2003)
Sad short sweet fingerpicking song of long ago times now gone

#271-Ballad of An Obscure Historical Figure (2003) #271-Ballad of An Obscure Historical Figure (2003)
Doofy song dedicated to perhaps our most underapprciated inventor

#270-Die In Your Scene (2003) #270-Die In Your Scene (2003)
Dark little song that sounds a bit angry

#269-Run Little Rabbit (2003) #269-Run Little Rabbit (2003)
Wistful song about the passage of time and related issues

#268-And The Flag Unfurls (2003) #268-And The Flag Unfurls (2003)
Written immediately following 'Shock & Awe' over Bagdad. Music slighly influenced by Cobain unplugged.

#267-Chester Arthur (2003) #267-Chester Arthur (2003)
Short little Ditty about our 21st president