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#117-Just A Morning In June-archive tape(1991)
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Finger picking song written after looking out my window on a June morning
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 #246
Peak in subgenre #38
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1991
Uploaded
January 06, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 3:28
Story behind the song
This is a little finger picking ditty written one June morning after looking out the window. This old cassette recording was made right after I wrote it. I never played it to anyone before. Mp3 Club listeners gave this an average rating of 3.8 out of 5.0....Some comments included: "Nice pickin!" "I liked this. Some of the lyrics in the verses don’t scan that well, but the refrains are catchy and the whole song is very peaceful and pleasant, like a June day. Funny – I have a light hearted whimsical song that takes place on an 'ordinary day in June'.""
Lyrics
The sun's sliding through the bedroom shades Dust sparkles in the morning Backyard sounds are calling me But I just feel like yawning Through the window in the big old tree The sparrows eat their breakfast How can I feel like sleeping now? Or dreaming of the day past? So I go to the window There's nothing there special Just a morning in June The grass is high it needs some cutting The dandelions are breeding The lawnmowers rusted, the bees are buzzin' I think I'll soon be sneezing But I still open up my window The air smells like warm green perfume The big dog barks through the neighborhood And echoes into my room So I go to the window There's nothing there special Just a morning in June Soon I'll be outside with the morning To greet the humid air Doing chores, driving around Goin from here to there There's nothing more to say right now Except that I'll remember To play this song sometime again On a cold day in December So I go to the window There's nothing there special Just a morning in June (4x)
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