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Earwheels

by Lincoln Jackson

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1.
Fallen angels walking I can't stop my head I can't stop my talking the voices are instead everyday so open open up my head roller coaster motion yeah emotion or devotion finally all open finally all dead I can see a far ocean I can see forehead lobos here are open hobos there are fed roller coaster motion yeah emotion or devotion
2.
Failed it want to cry ever this seems to come to me Failed it want to cry ever this comes to me Failed it want to cry ever this seems to come to me Failed it want to cry ever this comes to me Now look around upside of this Ever to see upside of this, Ever to see upside of this, Ever to see upside of this Now look around upside of this Ever to see upside of this, Ever to see upside of this, Ever to see upside of this Verse and Chorus repeated
3.
The Next Day 04:26
A small pain Jumped out of it, again The less they Stayed away. And when came The next day Less pain Came away My own life And the next life And the next life And the next life I guess I Will exercise My left eye Then I'm left I Waitin' for change Makin' for change Skatin' for me Beratin' for change Waitin' for change Makin' for change Skatin' for me Beratin' for change
4.
Climb Up 03:43
Climb up the next tree Before they come to me an' then I'm gonna go an' Climb up the next tree Before they come to me When they come to see me Or even get to me an' then I'm gonna go an' When they come to reach me And see what I can see Oh now are you gonna come an' meet me Oh now can you tell me what you see Oh now if I travel back discreetly Oh now can you tell me what you mean And so I'll
5.
Japan 03:53
Something was all over Something in the land Far away, cross the sea to Japan Something was here Something was quite near Far away, cross the sea to Japan Little taken over Man meets on the land Time rises over Movin' of the man far away There was people walkin' over There was people on the land Far away, cross the sea to Japan There was people walkin' over There was people on the land People walkin' all over the span of Japan But I would see you over I would see you land in Japan Viaducts in the land People walkin' over All over on the land in Japan Lyrics repeated again except for end variation: But I would see you over I would see you land Little taken over Little on the land people walkin' over Over on the land But I would see you over All over on the land in Japan Viaducts in the land People walkin' over All over on the land in Japan.
6.
Holy Wah 02:28
Yo ho holy wah ha when come send then Went to the end to see all of them yoly ho holy wah ha when come send then repeated
7.
Wont find it up on side of this Ever to see up side of this Won't find it up on side of this Ever to show Ever to show up side of this (x8)
8.
Blow Forward 03:39
Now, Can I stop it can I keep it can I stop it going Can I stop it can I keep it can I stop it showing Can I go forward, can I roll forward Can I stop it can I keep it can I blow forward Can I go backwards, can I roll backwards Can I flow backwards, show backwards, know backwards repeated
9.
Can you mix this picture Can you mix this picture for me I've forgotten Harder than I've gotten on myself X4 I have got to do come in You have got to do come in X4 Repeated
10.
Riding hiding flyding sliding in the riding hiding I would never lie for you, I mean that I was in the right design with hiding flyding sliding I would never lie for you I've seen Oh and when the day has been too much for me I would never lie for you I'd disagree And when the night has sensed too much for me Time to ride behind the lines of memory repeated
11.
In the rock scene and people rock now and then the people rock town and the people rock out Write about scene we're rockin' in this rock scene and then the people rock mean and then the people rock out Oh I think I made them hear us think I made them hear us I think I made them hear us Oh I think I made them up
12.
Waitin' in the town Waitin all of this now see it down see it round seein' all of it now singin' over it now singin' over it how singin' loud singin' proud singin' all of it around singin' over and over and over it now repeated
13.
Look all around All the things that you've found and look all around about us Look all around I wanna feel what you've found about us if you've heard about the weight of the world If you coming To my place there's nothing you've heard about the weight of world I wanna look all around about
14.
When I was a young boy I go outside and play When I was a young boy I wanna play wanna play I wanna play wanna play I wanna Now I've seen the real light and moved this side a day Now I've seen the real light I wanna play wanna play I wanna play wanna play I wanna Repeated
15.
When the morning hits the dial The time is right tonight Source of the Nile Source of the Nile Highest of the high The morning and the night Source of the Nile Source of the Nile

about

Some of the tracks on Earwheels have been kicking around in the consciousness of Waiheke Islanders for quite some time, most notably the track Japan, a crowd favourite that Jackson has performed live over infrequent appearances. But, for the most part, releases of Jackson’s eclectic recordings have been limited to the odd compilation CD of Auckland bands. It’s great to finally have a more extensive and accessible collection of Jackson’s material released digitally, because the problem with Lincoln has always been that his sometimes quizzical songs have left audiences wanting to review them in their own time and at their own pace.

Jackson’s dadaesque lyrics and experiments with drum machines, casiotone presets, and dictaphones reveal a solo artist searching for meaning through playful experimentation, looping lyrical abstractions, melody, and a desire to capture the output by whatever means necessary. On the track The Next Day Jackson recites straightforwardly, “I guess I / will exercise / my left eye / then I’m left, I, / waitin’ for change”, demonstrating again a playful manipulation of language where wordplay and repetition have an almost spiritual impact on the listener. At other times a delicate pop sensibility emerges, like in the track Failed It Want To Cry whose verses provide a perfect balance between exasperation and hope. Lincoln’s DIY aesthetic is reminiscent perhaps of the great New Zealand musician Chris Knox, who’s outsider coat-tails Jackson could definitely be said to be riding on.


More info on Lincoln here: www.starnow.com.au/lincolnjackson/

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released September 1, 2017

All songs © Lincoln Jackson 2017

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Lincoln Jackson Auckland, New Zealand

A self taught singer/ songwriter Lincoln Jackson specialises in developing earworms by refining rhythmic chords and song structures into their basic form. Lincoln will admit that audio engineering isn't his first talent which is why the bedroom aesthetic of many of these home recordings comes shining through but the ideas, by and large, are fully formed here. ... more

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