Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Fool"

"Fool"



Gather 'round me buddies
Hold your glasses high
And drink to the fool, the crazy fool
Who told his baby goodbye.

Too late he finds he loves her
So much he wants to die
Drink to the fool, the crazy fool
That told his baby goodbye.

Now he needs her, Lord, he needs her so
And he wonders why he let her go
She found a new love buddy
He's a lucky guy.

So drink to the fool, the crazy fool
That told his baby goodbye.
That told his baby goodbye...

 

[fox69]

"For A While We Helped Each Other Out"

"For A While We Helped Each Other Out"



Remember when I saw you standing slightly cryin' empty-handed
With no one that you could call your own
Looking up to someone somewhere asking for life with no despair
Begging for the world to leave you alone.

Yes, I shouldn't have butted in but you looked as if you could use a friend
And I'd lost one myself and was looking about
Remember it was kinda crazy I held my hand out you took it baby
For a while we helped each other out.

Remember how I dried every tear that you cried
And gave you love to trust beyond a doubt
And whenever I was down you made me laugh brought me around
Yeah, for a while we helped each other out.

And early one day in the morning sun that time came we knew would come
And in our hearts well there was love no more
I guess we're just two of that kind that look for life but never find
The love in mind that we were looking for.

But I always have the warm spot for you cause at one time I adored you
And if I pass this way again I'll shout
May be years 'fore I come through but when I do I'll call on you
'Cause at one time we helped each other out.

At one time we helped each other out...

 

[fox69]

"For The Good Times"

"For The Good Times"



Don't look so sad, I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that were burning.

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time, for the good times.

I'll get along you'll find another
And I'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me.

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time, for the good times...

 

[fox69]

"Four Strong Winds"

"Four Strong Winds"



Four strong winds that blow lonely seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
But my good times are all gone and I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

I may go out to Alberta weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that I can go to workin' for
Still I wish you'd change your mind if I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more

If I get there before the snow flies and things are going good
You could join me if I sent you down the fare
But if you'll wait until it's winter it would do no good
But the winds sure can blow cold way out there
Four strong winds that blow lonely...

 

[fox69]

"Gambler"

"Gambler"



On the warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere
I met up with a gambler we were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a starin' out window at the darkness
Till boredom overtook us and he commenced to speak.

He said, "Son I made a life out of readin' people's faces
And knowin' what the cards were by the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey I would give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
Then he'd bummed a cigarette then he bummed a light
And the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression
He said, "If you gonna play the game boy you gotta learn to play it right."

"You, you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done."

"Now, every gambler knows that the secret to survival
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner just like every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

So when he finished speaking he turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette, faded off to sleep
Somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even
In his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done.

There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done...

 

[fox69]

"Game Of Triangles"

"Game Of Triangles"


[Bobby & Liz & Norma]

Every triangle has three sides
It's true
There's the wife's side
The husband's and my side too.

What's the difference, who's to blame
Everybody suffers the same
Oh, the game of triangles
Is a heart breaking game.

I tried to be a good wife
And keep a nice home
On my job I had to travel
I was always alone.

It's because I was so lonely
That I asked her for a date
When I found out he was married
It was already much too late.

Every triangle has three sides
It's true
There's the wife's side
The husband's and my side too.

I hate to break our home up
But I just got to be free
But I still love you darling
What's to become of me?

A woman who steals husbands
Will end up ruining your life
No woman steals a husband
If he's happy with his wife.

Every triangle has three sides
It's true
There's the wife's side
The husband's and my side too.

What's the difference, who's to blame
Everybody suffers the same
Oh, the game of triangles
Is a heart breaking game.

Yes, the game of triangles
Is a heart breaking game...

 

[fox69]

"Giving Tree"

"Giving Tree"



(Y'all settle down! Everybody be quiet because daddy's gonna sing a quiet song called the Giving Tree)

Once there was a giving tree who loved a little boy
And every day the boy would come to play
Swinging from her branches sleeping in her shade
Laughing all the summer hours away
And so they'd love and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad

But soon the boy grew older and one day he came to say
Can you give me some money tree to buy some things I found
I have no money said the tree just apples twigs and leaves
But you can take my apples boy and sell them in the town
And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad

And soon again the boy came back and he said to the tree
I'm now a man and I must have a house that's all my own
I can't give you a house she said the forest is my house
But you may cut my branches off and build yourself a home
And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad

And the time went by and the boy came back with sadness in his eyes
My life has turned so cold he said and I need sunny days
I've nothin' but my trunk she said but you may cut it down
And built yourself a boat and sail away
And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad

And after years the boy came back both of them were old
I really cannot help ye if you ask another gift
I'm nothin' but an old stump now I'm sorry boy she said
I'm sorry but I've nothin' more to give
I don't need very much now just a quiet place to rest
The boy he'd whispered with a weary smile
Well said the tree an old stump still is good for that
Come boy she said sit down sit down and rest awhile
And so he did and oh the tree was happy oh the tree was glad

 

[fox69]

"Gods Were Angry With Me"

"Gods Were Angry With Me"



The Gods were angry with me for loving you
The Gods were angry with me because they knew
I stood at heaven's portals but they were too high
For any mortal such as I.

So they took down the sun the skies were gray
Then the howling wind took you away
There was nothing I could do for I could see
It was because the Gods were angry with me.

Once upon a time when our love was young and new
I was so happy in the heaven that I have found
Then one day the Gods looked down and they saw me there holding you
That day they sent my heaven crashing to the ground.

Yes, they took down the sun the skies were gray
Then the howling wind took you away
There was nothing I could do for I could see
It was because the Gods were angry with me...

 

[fox69]

"Goin' Back To Texas"

"Goin' Back To Texas"



How did I hurt that woman she never done me wrong
I ran away and left her for a redhead Amazon
I got no brains I got no sense I never had no class
So I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass.

Yeah, I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass
I used to be your stallion but that's all in the past
So face the tail on my nose and point me towards the grass
'Cause I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass.

I can't run in the hot sun and I won't run in the mud
I'm overaged for racin' and I'm overweight for stud
But I can dance and I can fight and throw a whiskey glass
I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass.

Yeah, I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass...
I used to be your stallion but that's all in the past
So face the tail on my nose and point me towards the grass
'Cause I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass.

Yeah, I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass
I used to be your stallion but that's all in the past
So face the tail on my nose and point me towards the grass
'Cause I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass.

I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass...

 

[fox69]

"Goin' Home"

"Goin' Home"



(I'm goin' home, I've been gone so doggone long
Now at last the rambling fever's gone
I'm goin' home, I know that mama'll cry with joy
To see her wanderin' boy, I'm goin' home.

I'm goin' home, I've lived in certain happiness
I hadn't met with very much success
I'm goin' home, I got holes in both my shoes
And a bad case of blues, I'm goin' home.

I'm goin' home, comin', walkin', ridin' when I can
I said I'd be a wealthy man, the things don't work out always ike you plan
I'm goin' home, then maybe back there with my friends
I'll lose this bitterness that burns within.

I'm goin' home, I got holes in both my shoes
And a bad case of blues, I'm goin' home...)