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#172-Cool Papa Fred (1997)
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D tuning upbeat song that could use some harmonies
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 #341
Peak in subgenre #53
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1997
Uploaded
August 24, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:09
Story behind the song
This song is about a friend of mine from back in the old neighborhood in Philly growing up in the late 60's and early 70's. Hope he's still alive. He wasn't looking too good the last time I saw him in 1985, but he was having a good time. The last time I saw him I was in my mid 20's. The photo is of him (foreground) and me on left. I was 10 and he was about a year younger. Weekly e-mail listeners rated this a 3.9 out of 5.0...comments included: "It bops along nicely. Good portrait." "Again this would even be stronger with bridge. But it still works" "Sounds like some friend!" "A bit Dylan...it was a bit "subterranean"
Lyrics
Cool Papa Fred he got drunk Dirty courderoy smelt like a skunk Tried to climb the fence but he got stuck Rolly polly liked to smoke some stuff he left school when he had enough Walked around the street wothout his Keds It was a fine time we had when we were young He had a fine wine in the flask but I had none It's a fine line between the dusk and dawn Cool Papa Fred he was so square Used to show off his underwear T'was back in the days and he didn't have no boxer shorts That was goofy it had to end And I was one of his best friends But he had to make a name for himself somehow It was a fine time we had when we were young He had a fine wine in the flask but I had none It's a fine line between the dusk and dawn Last time I saw him weeze away Said he was going to be ok Snorting coughing smoking laughing all at once He finally seemed so pleased with himself I told him he'd better watch his health He told me he'd retire before 31 It was a fine time we had when we were young He had a fine wine in the flask but I had none It's a fine line between the dusk and dawn It was a fine time we had when we were young He had a fine wine in the flask but I had none It's a fine line between the dusk and dawn
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