Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Little Bit Later On Down The Line"

"Little Bit Later On Down The Line"



I remember the time she used to be mine
But just a little bit later on down the line
She said bye bye try not to cry
See you just a little bit later on down the line.

See when I was born she was goin' on ten
And on the day that I was to make her mine
She said it's not right so I'm leaving tonight
See you just a little bit later on down the line.

She said babe it ain't that I don't love you
It's just that road is long and there's a lot you've got to see.

But today I heard it said she got herself wed
They say he looked her age and she looked fine
My one love is gone why was I born
Just a little bit later on down the line.

Just a little bit later on down the line...

 

[fox69]

"Lonely Street"

"Lonely Street"



I'm looking for that Lonely Street
I've got a sad sad tale to tell
I need a place to go and weep
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

A place where there's just loneliness
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and mem'ries meet
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

Perhaps upon that Lonely Street
There's someone such as I
Who came to bury broken dreams
And watch an old love die.

A place where there's just loneliness
Where dim lights bring forgetfulness
I need a place to go and weep
Where's this place called Lonely Street?

Where's this place called Lonely Street?...

 

[fox69]

"Lonely Town"

"Lonely Town"



I'm a walking down to Lonely Town
I didn't wanna go but now I know I will
Walking down to Lonely Town
And it's just over the hill.

Everybody told me someday
You'll let me down
And put me on that lonely road
That leads to Lonely Town.

I told them all I'll say
Oh, no, she's all I hoped I found
There she is and here I go
Down to Lonely Town.

Yes I'm walking down to Lonely Town
I didn't wanna go but now I know I will
Walking down to Lonely Town
And it's just over the hill.

It's just over the hill.

Yes, the way you did me
Some might call a sin
'Cause when I get down to Lonely Town
I'll never love again.

Now I'm walking down to Lonely Town
I didn't wanna go but now I know I will
Walking down to Lonely Town
And it's just over the hill.

It's just over the hill, it's just over the hill...

 

[fox69]

"Lonesome Valley"

"Lonesome Valley"



You gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go all by yourself
No one else can walk it for you
You gotta walk all by yourself.

My mama said when she was dying
Just before she passed away
Said, "Come here son sit down beside me
You better listen to your mama's say."

"That you gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go all by yourself
No one else can walk it for you
You gotta walk all by yourself."

Now many men has walked that valley
They had to walk all by theirselves
'Cause no one else could walk it for them
So you gotta walk all by yourself.

Yes, you gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go all by yourself
No one else can walk it for you
You gotta walk all by yourself.

You must go and stand your trials boy
And you gotta stand all by yourself
'Cause no one else can stand them for you
You gotta stand all by yourself.

Yes, you gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go all by yourself
No one else can walk it for you
You gotta walk all by yourself.

Yes, you gotta go all by yourself...

 

[fox69]

"Long Black Limousine"

"Long Black Limousine"



See her ridin' in that long black limousine
There's a long line of mourners driving down our little street
And their fancy cars are such a sight to see
Must be all her rich friends that knew her in the city
Yes, they finally brought her home to me.

All the papers told of how she lost her life
'Bout the party and the fatal crash that night
The race upon the highway and the curve no one had seen
Now she's ridin' in that long black limousine.

When she left home she told me that someday she'll be returnin'
And she'd leave in a fancy car for all the town to see
And now everyone is watchin' and I guess at last she found her dream
'Cause there she goes she's ridin' in a long black limousine.

Through tear dimmed eyes I watched as she ride by
With a chauffer at the wheel dressed up so fine
Oh, I'll never love another for my heart and all my dreams
Are with her in that long black limousine.

See her ridin' in that long black limousine...

 

[fox69]

"Long Black Veil"

"Long Black Veil"



Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

The judge he said, "Son what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die."
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

The scaffold was high and eternity was near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In the long black veil she cries o'er my bones.

Yes, she walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me...

 

[fox69]

"Long Way To Tennessee"

"Long Way To Tennessee"



I'm a long, long way from where I want to be
In the Arizona prison they've got me
And until they set me free, oh, oh, me
It's a long, long way from here to Tennessee.

Oh, my mouth is dry with dust my throat is raw
How I miss those big green trees in Arkansas
On the way to where I'll be when they set me free
But it's a long, long way from here to Tennessee.

A long, long way from me to the girl that I love so
Will she wait for me oh Lord I don't know
I know that I've done wrong but friends I've paid the price
Back in Tennessee I left sweet paradise.

But until they set me free, oh, oh, me
It's a long, long way from here to Tennessee.
It's a long, long way from here to Tennessee.
It's a long, long way from here to Tennessee...

 

[fox69]

"Look Who I'm Cheating On Tonight"

"Look Who I'm Cheating On Tonight"



In the shadows of our bedroom I hold you in the darkness tenderly
While there's another woman who's waitin' in a room alone for me
By now I'll bet she's restless she's already poured the wine and dimmed the lights
But I'm here at home beside you and look who I'm cheatin' on tonight.

I guess that I'd forgotten the warm willing woman you can be
And I guess that I'd forgotten the gentle way you feel next to me
It's strange to be here with you the one I've cheated on so many times
But your body's warm beside me look who I'm cheatin' on tonight.

So I lie here in the shadows and watch the rise and fall of your breast
The blush is still on your face love makes a woman look that way I guess
By now I'll bet she's worried she'll pour herself another glass of wine
Lord knows I've done some cheatin' but look who I'm cheatin' on tonight.

I guess that I'd forgotten the warm willing woman you can be
And I guess that I'd forgotten the gentle way you feel next to me
It's strange to be here with you the one I've cheated on so many times
But your body's warm beside me look who I'm cheatin' on tonight.

Lord knows, I've done some cheatin' but look who I'm cheatin' on tonight...

 

[fox69]

"Lookout Mountain"

"Lookout Mountain"



November of ‘63
High above went down to sea
We were home in the lookout mountain

Couldn’t see down through the clouds
But there wasn’t any doubt
That there were Yankees there
Beyond the counting

The union guns began to roar
Firing up from the valley floor
And through the mist
It look like lightning

Muskets loud and blank
Up through the fall they came
I will not lie
Lord it was frightening

And the captain said
Boys ritsel high
If you listen you’ll hear Gabriel’s trumpets sounding

And heaven’s just a step away
For the brave men who will die on lookout mountain

Our cannons could not fire
Straight down mountain side
And the yankee boys, they drew closer

The odds were 6 to 1
So the captain ground said son
And you were wrong
I told him: no sir

In the driving rain
With the powder gone
We sent boulders crashing down around them

Well we done our bid
But they would not turn
We could not hold them off on lookout mountain

We saw that all hope was gone
With the thought of the folks at home
If we ran in the woods
Surely disgrace them

Slowly as the bullets flew
But it was just one thing to do
I sit in prayer
Turned to face them

Well we shot them down
But there was no pain
In the darkness one more rebel heart stopped pounding

At the morning light
I was glory bound
Before the rakes put the union flag on lookout mountain

At the morning light
I was glory bound
Before the rakes put the union flag on lookout mountain

 

[fox69]

"Lorena"

"Lorena"



The years creep slowly by, Lorena
Snow is on the grass again
The sun is sinking low, Lorena
Frost is where the flowers have been.

The music softly plays, Lorena
Happy sounds have left today
The music's sad and low, Lorena
Where once it rang so loud and gay.

I hardly feel the snow, Lorena
I know the darkness soon will pass
We'll sing our songs again, Lorena
You'll be in my arms at last.

Yes, you'll be in my arms at last...