Bobby Bare

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"Offer She Couldn't Refuse"

"Offer She Couldn't Refuse"



It wasn't for money possession or wealth
For she could have all of those things
She traded the offers of diamonds and gold
She'd rather have plain apron strings.

She could have had mansions and dresses of silk
And married someone well-to-do
But a man who had nothing but love in his heart
Made her an offer she couldn't refuse.

He offered love for a lifetime
The true love was all that he owned
A house that was rented
And children to make it a home.

She valued the promise that went with his ring
That's all she wanted from life
She'd rather have nothing than know she belong
To a man who just wanted a wife.

She turned down the riches they offered to her
For something too precious to lose
When a man who had nothing but love in his heart
Made her an offer she couldn't refuse.

When a man who had nothing but love in his heart
Made her an offer she couldn't refuse...

 

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"On A Real Good Night"

"On A Real Good Night"



On a real good night
There's nothing I can do there's nothing I can use
On a real good night
There's no chance I won't take cause I got nothing I could lose
On a real good night
Like a bird just learn to fly high on silver wings glide upon the wind
And I come and go like sunshine and old friends.

Oh, I'll be your lover, oh, I'll be your friend
Oh, I can be nothing at all
A singer a dancer a drinker of wine
Ald sleeper wherever I fall.

Oh, I'll be your lover, oh, I'll be your friend
Oh, I can be nothing at all
A singer a dancer a drinker of wine
Ald sleeper wherever I fall.

Oh, I'll be your lover, oh, I'll be your friend
Oh, I can be nothing at all
A singer a dancer a drinker of wine
Ald sleeper wherever I fall.

Oh, I'll be your lover, oh, I'll be your friend
Oh, I can be nothing at all
A singer a dancer a drinker of wine
Ald sleeper wherever I fall...

 

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"One Among The Three Of Us"

"One Among The Three Of Us"



One among the three of us is always in the way.

People talk but still I walk like a queen with all her charms
When I'm alone I know what's wrong he's somewhere in your arms
Don't know my friend where this will end but all we have to say
Yes, one among the three of us is always in the way.

One among the three of us is always in the way
Yesterday I was the one so today must be my day
There'll come a time these tangled minds will all have dues to pay
'Cause one among the three of us is always in the way.

He tells me that he loves me and that his love is true
But he tells me the same old thing but he can't be true to two
Oh, it's a cryin' shame but we're all to blame in this crazy game we play
'Cause one among the three of us is always in the way.

One among the three of us is always in the way
Yesterday I was the one so today must be my day
There'll come a time these tangled minds will all have dues to pay
'Cause one among the three of us is always in the way...

 

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"One Day At A Time"

"One Day At A Time"



I live one day at a time
I dream one dream at a time
Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind
I just live one day at a time.

Guess that's your surprise to see
Me back at home
You know how much I miss you
When I'm gone.

But don't ask
How long I planned to stay
It never crossed my mind
I live one day at a time.

I live one day at a time
I dream one dream at a time
Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind
I just live one day at a time.

I live one day at a time...

 

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"Passin' Through"

"Passin' Through"



The first sound I heard was a woman's cry
The first word I learned to utter was goodbye
Forgive me if I'm wrong in what I do to you
While passin' through, passin' through.

Happiness for me cannot be found
But yet I still search from town to town
No offence but I don't think I'll find it here with you
Goodbye babe, just passin' through.

Passin' through your life like a ragin' river
No woman needs or can hold the love I give her
Please understand I can't control these things I do
While passin' through, passin' through.

What was that did you say you thought you loved me
That's too bad girl 'cause if you really do
You'll just awaken with the dawn and find your love has flown
Like an old wild goose passin' through.

Passin' through your life like a ragin' river
No woman needs or can hold the love I give her
Please understand I can't control these things I do
While passin' through, passin' through.

Like a cold north wind just a passin' through
Goodbye babe, passin' through...

 

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"Paul"

"Paul"



Well. He rode through the woods on a big blue ox
He had fists as hard as choppin' blocks
Five hundred pounds and nine feet tall,
That's Paul.

Talk about working when he swung his ax
You could hear it ring for a mile and half
He'd yell timber and down she'd fall
For Paul.

Talk about drinkin' that man's so mean
That he'd never drink nothin' but kerosene
A five gallon can is a little bit small
For Paul.

Talk about women that man's so lusty
Needs a woman ever hour just to keep from gettin' rusty
Young ones run and the old ones crawl
To Paul.

Talk about tough well he once had a fight
With a thunderstorm on a cold dark night
I ain't sayin' who won but it don't storm at all round here
Thanks to Paul.

He was ninety years old when he said with a sigh
Said I think I'm gonna lay right down and die
'Cause sunshine and sorrow I've seen it all
Says Paul.

Says there ain't no man alive can kill me
Ain't no woman left can thrill me
And I think a heaven just might be a ball
Says Paul.

So he died and we cried.

It took eighteen men just to bust that ground
Took three or four more just to lower him down
Then we covered him up and we figured that was all
For Paul.

But late one night the trees started shaking
And the dogs started barking and the earth started quaking
And out of the ground with the hi ye all
Came Paul.

Well he shook the dirt from off his clothes
He scratched his ass and wiped his nose
You know being dead wasn't no fun at all
Says Paul.

He said now up in heaven they got harps on their knees
They got clouds and wings but they got no trees
I don't think that's much of a heaven at all
Says Paul.

So he jumps on his ox with a fare thee well
He said I'll find out if they got trees in hell
And he rode away and that was all we ever seen
Of Paul.

But the next time you hear a timber yell
That sounds like it's comin' from the pits of hell
Then a boomin' laugh and a ghostly wail
Like somebody choppin' on the devil's tail.

Then a shout and a call a crash and a fall
That ain't no mortal man at all
That's just Paul...

 

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"Piney Wood Hills"

"Piney Wood Hills"



I'm a rambler and a rover and a wanderer it seems
I've traveled all over chasing after my dreams
But a dream should come true and a heart should be filled
And a life should be lived in the Piney Wood hills.

I'll return to the woodlands, I'll return to the snow
I'll return to the hills and the valley below
I'll return like a poor man or a king if God wills
But I'm on my way home to the Piney Wood hills.

I was raised on a song there
I done right, I done wrong there
And it's true I belong there
And it's true it's my home.

From ocean to ocean I've rambled and roamed
and soon I'll return to my Piney Wood home
Maybe someday I'll find someone who will
Love as I love my Piney Wood hills.

I was raised on a song there
I done right, I done wrong there
And it's true I belong there
And it's true it's my home.

I'll return to the woodlands, I'll return to the snow
I'll return to the hills and the valley below
I'll return like a poor man or a king if God wills
But I'm on my way home to the Piney Wood hills...

 

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"Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"

"Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"



This may be our last good night together
We may never pass this way again
Just let me enjoy it till it's over or forever
Please don't tell me how the story ends.

See the way our shadows come together
Softer than your fingers on my skin
Someday these may be all we remember of each other
Please don't tell me how the story ends.

Never's just the echo of forever
Lonesome as the love that might have been
Let me go on loving and believing till it's over
Please don't tell me how the story ends.

Please don't tell me how the story ends...

 

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"Poison Red Berries"

"Poison Red Berries"



This morning at dawn Lord I pulled into town
Had some coffee and talked with some old friends of mine
Laughin' bout the good times they all remembered
Then I remembered the time.

And I said no I don't think much about her no more
And you know seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterday's gone Lord it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries to die on the vine.

Lord I can see all the bright lights back in Dallas
As yesterday moves like a dream through my mind
I didn't suppose I'd ever forget her
And you know it took such a long time.

But you know I don't think much about her
Seldom if ever does she ever cross my mind
Yesterday's gone Lord it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries that cling to the mind...

 

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"Praise The Lord And Send Me The Money"

"Praise The Lord And Send Me The Money"



Praise the Lord and send me the money
I'm happy you can be happy too
If you praise the Lord and send me the money
That's what Jesus wants you to do

Late one night while watchin' Columbo
I fell asleep till quarter past three
When just like a vision I thought I was dreamin'
I heard the voice of a man on TV

He said praise the Lord and send me the money
I'm happy you can be happy too
If you praise the Lord and send me the money
That's what Jesus wants you to do

I sat straight up and reached for my checkbook
Trembling with guilt took my bic pen in hand
I wrote out the figures a one and four zeros
Went out and mailed it with a note to that man

I said praise the Lord I'm sendin' the money
I surely wanna be happy like you
Praise the Lord I'm sendin' the money
If that's what Jesus wants me to do

I woke up late for work the next morning
I could not believe what I'd done
Wrote a hot check to Jesus for ten thousand dollars
And my bank account only held thirty-one

I got a second job at a gasoline station
I'm savin' me money to pay what I owe
I don't get much sleep cause I stay up late watchin'
All of the folks on the Lord's TV show

Sayin' praise the Lord and send me the money...
Praise the Lord I'm sendin' the money