Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Lot Of Soul"

"Lot Of Soul"



I never was great at pickin' cotton
But Lord I always carried all my rows
There were those who could pick it clean or better
But didn't I pick my cotton with a lot of soul.

I'd go hmm with feeling
I'd go hmm with soul
I'd say hmm with meaning
Yeah, I sang my songs of life with a lot of soul.

I never was great at words so fancy
Oh but my woman knew I loved her so
There were those who could give her more and better
But didn't I loved that woman with a lot of soul.

I'd go hmm with feeling
I'd go hmm with soul
I'd go hmm with meaning
But Lord, I love that woman with a lot of soul.

When I leave this life I'll be forgotten
Cause I never made big tracks upon its roads
Things I've done will never last forever
But didn't I do it all with a lot of soul.

I'd go hmm with feeling
I'd go hmm with soul...

 

[fox69]

"Love Forever"

"Love Forever"



Morning comes and she's sleeping beside me
I'm not ashamed that she's lying there
Her lips are still warm from the love she just gave me
She's contented with sweet dreams we shared.

Soon I know that she will awaken
With the smile that strips my soul bare
While I wait for her smile and the sunshine that follows
I offer to heaven this prayer.

Please Lord let me love her forever
And keep her just the way she is now
She's tender and warm she's mine for the asking
My sweetheart, my treasure, my prayer.

Please Lord let me love her forever
And keep her just the way she is now
She's tender and warm she's mine for the asking
My sweetheart, my treasure, my prayer...

 

[fox69]

"Love Is A Cold Wind"

"Love Is A Cold Wind"



Love is a cold wind when it blows away from you
And you watch it go it hurts to know there's nothing you can do
You're all alone again and love is a cold wind.

Love is a rain storm but it only rains on you
And there's no one there who seems to care no one can close through
And inside you're never warm 'cause love is a rain storm.

But when she was here love was a breezy morning
Filled with the sun as warm as a smile but now it's done.

Love is a cold wind as it blows away from you
For you find your way to yesterday what else is there to do
'Cause you're all alone again and love is a cold wind.

You're all alone again and love is a cold wind.

Love is a cold wind love is a cold wind.

 

[fox69]

"Love You"

"Love You"



I love you, you, you
No one else will ever do
Always true, true, true
I'll forever be to you.

I love you, no one new
Will never ever do
I'll always be true to you
'Cause I love you.

The wedding bells are ringing
In the chapel just over the hill
They're ringing for the wedding
Of my best friend Bill.

He wed the girl I loved and I'd rather to die
Than to live I got to choose
'Cause I've lost her
And I've lost the friend.

But there's one thing I'd never lose
That's the way that she says.

I love you, you, you
No one else will ever do
Always true, true, true
I'll forever be to you.

Yes, in her shy sorta way
I could leave you here now
'Cause I like she was here today
She said she would always love me
She would always be good and true

Yes, that's one thing
I'll never forget the way she says
I'll always be true to you
'Cause I love you

I love you, you, you
No one else will ever do
Always true, true, true
I'll forever be to you.

I'll always be true to you
'Cause I love you...

 

[fox69]

"Love's Gonna Live Here"

"Love's Gonna Live Here"



(Love's gonna live here, love's gonna live here
Love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness, only happiness
Love's gonna live here again.)

Oh, the sun is gonna shine in my life once more
Love's gonna live here again
And things are gonna be just the way they were before
Love's gonna live here again.

(Love's gonna live here, love's gonna live here
Love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness, only happiness
Love's gonna live here again.)

Oh, I hear bells a ringin', I hear birds a singin'
Love's gonna live here again
And I hear bees a hummin' and I know the days're comin'
Love's gonna live here again.

(Love's gonna live here, love's gonna live here
Love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness, only happiness
Love's gonna live here again...)

 

[fox69]

"Lovin' You Anywat"

"Lovin' You Anywat"



(Okay, kids. Now me and your mama gonna sing a song.)

It don't matter what you do and it don't matter what you say
Honey you know I'll be lovin' you anyway yes I will
And it don't matter if you come to stay or if you come to play
Honey you know I'll be lovin' you anyway/

I'll be lovin' you fast and lastly longin'ly on your birthday and in between
When your friends all up and gone I'm the one you can count on
It don't matter if it lasts forever or just today
Honey you know I'll be lovin' you anyway.

I'll be lovin' you rain or shine, snow or sleet, in the alley or on the street
Anytime anyway anyhow anywhere turn around and I'll be there
It don't matter if you're young and gay or if you're old and gray
Honey you know I'll be lovin' you anyway.

Honey you know I'll be lovin' you anyway...

 

[fox69]

"Loving Her Was Easier"

"Loving Her Was Easier"




I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on the world the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes.

Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and the places that I've been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying
Talking of tomorrow and the money love and time we have to spend
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again.

Coming close together with a feeling that I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friend
I don't know the answers to the easy way she opened every door in my mind
But dreaming was as easy as believing it was never gonna end
And loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again...

 

[fox69]

"Lullabys, Legends And Lies"

"Lullabys, Legends And Lies"



Gather round fellows I'll tell you some tales
About murder and blueberry pies
And heroes and hells and bottomless wells
And lullabys, legends and lies.

And gather round ladies come sit at my feet
I'll sing about warm sunny skies
There's mermaids and beans and lovin' machines
In my lullabys, legends and lies.

Lullabys, legends and lies and lies
Lullabys, legends and lies
I'll sing you a song then I'll shuffle along
With my lullabys, legends and lies .

I may make you wonder I may make you smile
I may bring the tears to your eyes
But when I disappear Lord you'll wish I was here
With more lullabys, legends and lies.

So open the bottle and pass a guitar
And look in my warm lovin' eyes
I'll take you to places you ain't been before
With my lullabys, legends and lies.

Lullabys, legends and lies
Lullabys, legends and lies
I'll sing you a song then I'll shuffle along
With my lullabys, legends and lies...

 

[fox69]

"Lynchin' Party"

"Lynchin' Party"



The Lynch mob gathered in the square across from the jail
Young Billy watched them from his cell and felt his courage fail
Bill swore he wasn't guilty but the evidence was plain
Tomorrow he would go on trial for killing Mary Jane.

They shouted beat the prisoner hardy
We're gonna have a Lynchin' party
Gonna hang him high
Watch him die for killing Mary Jane.

The mob is closer to the jail excitement all around
The deputies kept moving back afraid to hold their ground
Then the young girl cried you cowards but the Lynch mob searched ahead
Dragged young Billy from that jail and soon the kid was dead.

They shouted beat the prisoner hardy
We're gonna have a Lynchin' party
Gonna hang him high
Watch him die for killing Mary Jane.

The weeks went by and no one spoke about it anymore
Or seemed to see the wreath Bill's mother hung upon the door
Then one night they dragged a ragged hobo from a train
And he confessed he was the one who killed young Mary Jane.

They shouted beat the prisoner hardy
We're gonna have a Lynchin' party
Gonna hang him high
Watch him die for killing Mary Jane.

Gonna hang him high
Watch him die for killing Mary Jane...

 

[fox69]

"Maggie"

"Maggie"



Maggie, how I wish we'd never met
Never kissed or tried to fall in love
For Maggie fashion's not the same as love
It's just a game we're soon tired of.

We were too young to marry anyhow
Hot blood was all there was between us
Now there's the kids, a house and more than bills to pay
It breaks my heart, we're not in love
Maggie, Maggie, how I wish we'd never met?

Maggie many tears ago
Love we thought would grow was dead and gone
Maggie, it's hard to pretend
When things that need to end keep draggin' on.

It's not quite fair to raise our kids like this
They're not too young to know we're fakin'
But nothing's ever said out loud and time takes on
Clean to the bone our souls're achin'
Maggie, Maggie, how I wish we'd never met.

Maggie, Maggie...