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#90- Hindsight (1988)
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Dark, quietly sad autumn song
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 #420
Peak in subgenre #65
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1988
Uploaded
September 16, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.3 MB 128 kbps 2:33
Story behind the song
This is a dark little song that conjures up memories of a rainy Friday many years ago that touched all who were alive back then....a sad November song...written in November 1988. Mp3 listeners gave this a 4.3 out of 5.0... Comments included: "This is a good one" "Love it!" "Hindsight is haunting with a genuine Marty Balin feel. The melody leaves a heaviness and the words leave you lost." "I don't quite get it, but I guess thta's the point"
Lyrics
Sun's going down Chill in the bone It's time to go Don't turn around Kick the dying leaves Right down the road Hindsight You'll never know Wave to the crowd The time goes slow Trees creak in the wind Dry branches snap Below my feet Dogs howls in the yard Black limo Rolling down the street Hindsight You'll never know Wave to the crowd The time goes slow If you didn't turn that way Would we grow old together? Planning to travel on today Don't look back No use to remember Lay the body down But light a flame Below its feet Or simple frown Just chalk it up To lady fate Hindsight You'll never know Wave to the crowd The time goes slow Hindsight You'll never know Wave to the crowd The time goes slow
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