Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"All American Boy"

"All American Boy"


Gather round cats and I'll tell you a story
'Bout how to become an all American boy
Buy you a guitar and put it in tune
You'll be a rockin' and a rollin' soon
Impressin' the girls pickin' hot licks and all that jazz.

Ah, I bought me a guitar a year ago
Learned how to play in a day or so
And all around town it was well understood
That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode
Hot licks showin' off, ah, number one.

Yeah, I practiced all day and up into the night
My papa's hair was turnin' white
'Cause he didn't like rock'n roll
He said, ''You can stay boy but that's gotta go.''
He's a square he just didn't dig me at all.

So I took my guitar picks and all
Bid farewell to my poor ol' pa
Split for Memphis where they say y'all
Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball
Sessions hot licks and all, they dig me.

I was rockin' and a boppin' and I was gettin' the breaks
The girls all said that I have what it takes
When up stepped a man with big cigar
He said, ''Come here cat, I'm gonna make you a star.
I'll put you on bandstand, buy you a Cadillac, sign here kid.''

I signed my name and became a star, havin' a ball with my guitar
Drivin' a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off of my back
They just kept a comin', a screamin', yeah they liked it.

So I picked my guitar with a great big grin
And the money just kept on pourin' in
But then one day my Uncle Sam he said, (bang bang) ''Here I am.
Uncle Sam needs you boy, I'm a gonna cut your hair off.
Ah, take this rifle kid, give me that guitar, yeah...''

 

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"All The Good Times Are Past And Gone"

"All The Good Times Are Past And Gone"



All the good times are past and gone
All the good times are past and gone
All the good times are past and gone
What's left for a poor boy to do?

I can still see my mama bend over that ol' washpot
And it's so doggone cold you could nearly freeze on the spot
My pa eatin' them flapjacks and yellin' for more
And the kids makin' tracks across mama's clean floor.

But all them good times are past and gone now
All the good times are gone.

Well, you could look for miles down a winding railroad track
And see train a leavin' and hear one comin' back
And with a cloud of blue up over your head
It's like something from a storybook that you once read.

But all them good times are past and gone
Now all the good times are gone
All the good times are past and gone
What's left for a poor boy to do?

And go down on that river when the big boats make their run
And the canepoles grow so thick they block up the sun
Just smell that coffee boilin' in an old tin can
And that hot grease poppin' in the fryin' pan.

But all them good times are past and gone
Now all them good times are gone
All the good times are past and gone
What's left for a poor boy to do?...

 

[fox69]

"Another Bridge To Burn"

"Another Bridge To Burn"



I've had to burn most every bridge I've crossed
It seems like everyone I've loved I'd lost
When I met you I thought my luck had turned
Now you're just another bridge to burn.

Oh, I'll soon light the fire and move on
I've already already lingered much too long
Now I'm so hurt and you're so unconcerned
And our love's just another bridge to burn.

Sometimes one must love enough for two
And that's just how it was with me and you
I'll see your face no matter where I turn
But that's just another bridge to burn.

Oh, I'll soon light the fire and move on
I've already already lingered much too long
Now I'm so hurt and you're so unconcerned
And our love's just another bridge to burn...

 

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"Another Love Has Ended"

"Another Love Has Ended"



Another love has ended (another love has ended)
Like so many in the past (a million loves in the past)
And people now are saying ( everybody's saying)
I just knew it couldn't last (it just couldn't last)

Another fool is suffering (another fool, another fool)
In a world of despair ( and it's so lonely there)
Trying not to show (don't let people know)
How much he really cared (he really, really cares)
Another promise spoken (an empty promise spoken)
To love forever more (I'll love you forevermore)
And then my heart was broken (another heart was broken)
Like so many hearts before (a million hearts before)
The hand of fate descended
Another love has ended
When a new love started for you

Another promise spoken (an empty promise spoken)
To love forever more (I'll love you forever)
And then my heart was broken (another heart was broken)
Like so many hearts before (a million hearts before)
The hand of fate descended
Another love has ended
When a new love started for you
When a new love started for you (another love is ended)

 

[fox69]

"Appaloosa Rider"

"Appaloosa Rider"



Well, somewhere back around thirty six
I was standin' knee deep in the Oklahoma sticks
Pickin' them Jimmie Rodgers' licks like I owned 'em
And the girls in town loved what I'd do
I had Choctaw hair and eyes of blue
They'd call me baby I was six foot two and looked lonesome.

Then yonder come a man in a big ol' car
With a black baret and a big cigar
He said son you're a natural cowboy star for sure
He looked at me and he said sign
I looked at him and I said fine
I wrote my name on the dotted line and I became
The Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider
Hero of the plains.

Soon I was smilin' from magazines
My head slicked down with Vaseline
And all those bobby-sox babies' screams would ring
They'd pack 'em in like Main sardines
And stand 'em in the mezzanines
To see me ride cross the creen and sing.

I hundred fights I musta won
A thousand bullets in my gun
And my hat staeyd on through all the fun and glory
But my real life pony had its hood adorned
With a big ol' set of western horns
While all America ate popcorn and marveled at the one and only
Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider
Hero of the plains.

Well, a real life villain had crossed the line
So I crossed Hollywood and Vine
And signed another dotted line my handle
But when I come back most all the noise
Was made for Hoppys Genes and Roys
And Hollywood had more cowboys than scandals.

So here I am in the Oklahoma sticks
And out of all my old sidekicks
Jack Daniesls is the one who sticks around
But old friends and fans have begun to write
And I learned why the other night
When I woke up to a TV fight
The hero won and his hat stayed white
And guess who rode across my sight
I tell you I was dynamite
Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider.

Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider, Appaloosa Rider...

 

[fox69]

"Autumn Of My Life"

"Autumn Of My Life"



In the spring of my life she came to me
She brought sunshine where winter winds had blown
Then I took her for my wife in the spring of my life
And she brought me a joy I never known.

And the years they went by in the spring of my life
And in summer she blessed me with a child
Love continued to grow in the summer of my life
And in every morning sun I saw her smile.

In the autumn of my years I noticed the tears
And I knew that our lives was in the past
Though I've tried to pretend I knew it was the end
For the autumn of my life had come at last.

Now just what do you say to a child only ten
How do you tell him that his daddy's goin' away
I wonder do I tell him that I reached the autumn of my life
And that perhaps he'll understand some cold winter's day.

Now the rose can't be found on the snow covered ground
And the sun cannot shine through cloudy skies
But I'm richer you see for the years she gave to me
And I am content in the autumn of my life...

 

[fox69]

"Back Home In Huntsville Again"

"Back Home In Huntsville Again"



Open the gates up hey screw did you miss me Jimmy I see that you found a new friend
Warden come down here and kiss me hello cause I'm back home in Huntsville again

This suit that I'm wearing cost two hundred dollars
But I got it free with a three dollar knife
I got tailor made shirts with them long pointy collars
And all it's gonna cost is ten years of my life
So open the gates up...

I've been rousted and turned out at three in the morning
I've been roughed up and shook down and stood on my ear
I've tried to find work but they called me a jailbird
So I went for the bundle and I've wound up back here
So open the gates up...

I found me a woman as warm as the sunshine took her a year to slip out of her dress
She talk about havin' a little rose covered cottage
But roses cost money and you know the rest
So open the gates up...
Yes I'm back home in Huntsville again

 

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"Bald Headed Woman"

"Bald Headed Woman"



Now a golden haired woman she'll take all your gold
Her eyes may be warm but her feet would be cold
And she would get fat just as soon as she's old
Stay away from a golden haired woman.

Hey, hey, stay away
She'll make you miserable all of your day
Hey, hey, stay away
Stay away from a golden haired woman.

Now a raven haired woman she'll burn with desire
Hold you and squeeze you and kiss you like fire
But once you get married then she'll be too tired
Stay away from a raven haired woman.

I said hey, hey, stay away
She'll make you miserable all of your day
Hey, hey, stay away
Stay away from a raven haired woman.

Now a red headed woman she'll scream and she'll roar
She won't make the bed and she won't sweep the floor
And she'll fool around with the fellow next door
Stay away from a red headed woman.

But a bald headed woman she'll love you each day
You can beat her and kick her but she'll always stay
'Cause she knows no one's comin' to steal her away
Hurray for a bald headed woman.

Hey, hey, that's a way
She'll make you happy the rest of your day
Hey, hey, that's a way
Hurray for a bald headed woman...

 

[fox69]

"Banks Of The Ohio"

"Banks Of The Ohio"



I asked my love to take a walk
To take a walk, just a little walk
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

I held a knife against her breast
As into my arms she pressed
She cried "my love, don't you murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity"

I wandered home 'tween twelve and one
I cried, "My God, what have I done?"
I've killed the only girl I need
Because she would not marry me

And only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

The next day, right half past four
The sheriff walked right to my door
And he says young man, don’t you try to run
You gotta pay for this awful crime you’ve done

Only say that you'll be mine
In no others' arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

Down by the banks of the Ohio

 

[fox69]

"Barbara Joe"

"Barbara Joe"



Will you be there in the courtyard Barbara Joe
Will your honor be avenged with justice done
When they cover my head over Barbara Joe
Will you hide your face in shame for what you done?

You were always wild and reckless Barbara dear
But I worshipped you my love was like a fire
And your wedding was the high spot of the social year
But your marriage left so much to be desired.

Say that you were willing, Barbara Joe
The face you're saving gives away your sin
All your husband's money can't restore this cry
Say that you were willing, don't let me die.

When the phone rang in the middle of the night
Your tender voice was shaking with alarm
So without a thought I hurried to your side
Only thinking to protect you from all harm.

You threw your arms around me it was like a dream
And what we knew was bound to happen dear
And the doorway framed your husband and I heard you scream
And unless you speak tomorrow, I'll be dead.

So say that you were willing, Barbara Joe
The face you're saving gives away your sin
All your husband's money can't restore this cry
Say that you were willing, don't let me die.

Say that you were willing, don't let me die...