Bobby Bare

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Pursuing Happiness"

"Pursuing Happiness"

[Norma]

I know that my surroundings aren't the very best
But my soul's on fire and won't let me rest
I'm doing things I really shouldn't do I guess
I'm just pursuing happiness.

I'm living much too fast a pace with two to care
I'm just looking for a dream that I can share
I'm sinking fast but no one hears my SOS
I'm just pursuing happiness.

Almost everyone I know has someone to worry
Someone to cheer them when they're low
So if I walk by you in too big a hurry it's because I got no place to go
Wherever people gather that's where I'll be found
In hope that someone's hand will reach and slow me down.

Behind me I can feel that demon loneliness
I'm just pursuing happiness.

Almost everyone I know has someone to worry
Someone to cheer them when they're low
So if I walk by you in too big a hurry it's because I got no place to go
Wherever people gather that's where I'll be found
In hope that someone's hand will reach and slow me down.

Behind me I can feel that demon loneliness
I'm just pursuing happiness.

I'm just pursuing happiness.
I'm just pursuing happiness...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Put A Little Lovin' On Me"

"Put A Little Lovin' On Me"

You got a Paul Newman T shirt Willie Nelson hat
A poster of Charlie Daniel's Band
And just the other night honey we were makin' love
You slipped up and called me Elvis again.

Ringo Starr didn't pay for your car
Jim Croce don't buy the groceries
Johnny Cash never took out the trash
So you better put a little lovin' on me.

You got a Burt Reynold's picture taped over the bed
He ain't hardly got nothing on
And when I want to love you and I turn out the lights
You want to turn the lights right back on.

Ringo Starr didn't pay for your car
Jim Croce don't buy the groceries
Johnny Cash never took out the trash
So you better put a little lovin' on me.

Put a little lovin' on me, put a little lovin' on me.
Put a little lovin' on me, put a little lovin' on me...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Qualudes Again"

"Qualudes Again"

She falls through the doorway and rolls down the hall
She bounces off the sofa and walks into the wall
It's easy to see that she buckles and bends
She's doin' qualudes again

Qualudes again qualudes again
If you've got aurora you know for shorra
She's your friend
She's doin' quaaludes again

She fumbles and stumbles and falls down the stairs
Makes love to the leg of the diningroom chair
She's ready for animals women or men
She's doin' qualudes again

Qualudes again again again qualudes again and again
And if you've got a lemon a dog and three women
Then she's your friend
She's doin' qualudes again

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Rainy Day In Richmond"

"Rainy Day In Richmond"

It was a rainy day in Richmond
When I found out what she had done
She walked right out of my life
In her hour of fun.

They thought I'd gone to Baltimore
And never suspected a thing
They didn't know I was following them
Right down to their shame.

A shower of tears fell from my eyes
Hurtin' every one
I couldn't believe what I had seen
And what my woman had done.

Oh, I never thought my baby
Could ever give me room for doubt
It was a rainy day in Richmond
The day that I found out.

I followed close behind them
To the love nest they had found
Then the pain came down so hard
I stopped and turned around.

I'd seen enough to tell me
There wasn't any doubt
It was a rainy day in Richmond
The day that I found out.

Oh, rainy day in Richmond
The day that I found out...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Real Thing"

"Real Thing"

(It's gonna take a lot more than a memory
For I had the real thing too long.)

I keep telling myself I'll be all right
With the mem'ry that you left behind
But it will take a lot more than a memory
To keep me from losin' my mind.

My memories won't last as a shield from the past
They break down and cry out when we're alone
I need a lot more than a memory
For I had the real thing too long.

For a while I can pull myself together
With a mem'ry and a drink for my heart
But it will take a lot more than a memory
To keep me from falling apart...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)"

"Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)"

(Please release me, let me go,
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release and let me love again.)

I have found a new love dear
And I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Oh, release me, darling let me go.

(Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release and let me love again.)

Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release and let me love again.

(Release and let me love again...)

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Rest Awhile"

"Rest Awhile"

Does anyone know of a girl who might like
A tired old boy on a rusty old bike
Who just pulled in today from the Florida Glades
And just got to stop and rest awhile and rest awhile.

Does anyone know of someone who can use
A hard working fool who don't ever touch booze
Who's only vice is a roll of a dice
And he's just got to stop and rest awhile and rest awhile.

Easy there lady, I don't want no trouble
I'll pay for my chili and leave
Easy there mister, I got the money
And if I was you I'd let go of my sleeve.

Does anyone know of a place I can sleep
Where I won't hear the cry of the wind as she weeps
For a poor wandering soul who got no place to go
And just got to stop and rest awhile and rest awhile.

No fellers, you can't have a ride
'Cause my bike and my girls I don't share
Hey sheriff, thank you for stoppin'
And being concerned 'bout the length of my hair.

Can anyone lend me a half tank of gas
And I guess that a smile would be too much to ask
Cause your warm friendly town don't want my kind around
And I guess I can't stop and rest awhile and rest awhile.

Hello mama, your boys comin' home
'Cause my bike and my dreams all got wrecked
No mama, don't hang up the phone
I'm sorry that I had to call you collect.

Can anyone lend me a half tank of gas
And I guess that a smile would be too much to ask
Cause your warm friendly town don't want my kind around
And I guess I can't stop and rest awhile and rest awhile...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Restless Wind"

"Restless Wind"

A stone thrown from heaven skipping cross the water
With disappearing ripples left behind
A book with no cover a rhyme with no reason
Guess I'll always be one of the roving kind.

'Cause movings in my soul I guess a Gypsy got ahold
Of somebody in my family long ago
If some night while half asleep you hear the backdoor softly squeak
You'll touch my empty pillow then you'll know.

That a restless wind is calling me again
Her warming hand is tugging at my soul
Summer's gone Lord the winter's coming on
I can't let it catch me standing in the cold.

Life may dice out of my bones and it won't leave me alone
Till it warms me up and takes another row
You can roll seven every time so there ain't no use in tryin'
It don't take an educated head to know.

That when I'm moving down the road I won't need no overload
Nor memories of you to weigh my mind
So every step I take will just be one more I can make
That would put those memories further down the line.

That a restless wind is calling me again
Her warming hand is tugging at my soul
Summer's gone Lord the winter's coming on
I can't let it catch me standing in the cold...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Ride Me Down Easy"

"Ride Me Down Easy"

Ride me down easy, Lord, ride me on down
Leave word in the dust where I lay
Say I'm easy to come, easy to go
I'm easy to love when I stay.

This old highway she's harder than nine kinds of hell
The rides they're as scarce as the rain Light there it scares as the rain
When you're down to your last shop with nothing to sell
And too far away from the train.

Well, the good month of Sundays and a guitar to go
Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
Left the long string of friends some sheets in the wind
And some satisfied women behind.

So won't you ride me down easy, Lord, ride me on down
Leave word in the dust where I lay
Say I'm easy to come, easy to go
I'm easy to love when I stay.

I put snow on the mountain raised hell on the hill
Lock horns with the devil himself
Been a rodeo bum a son of a gun
And a hobo with stars in his crown.

So won't you ride me down easy, Lord, ride me on down
Leave word in the dust where I lay
Say I'm easy to come, easy to go
I'm easy to love when I stay.

Heym won't you ride me down easy, Lord, ride me on down
Leave word in the dust where I lay
Say I'm easy to come, easy to go
I'm easy to love when I stay...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Rock And Roll Hotel"

"Rock And Roll Hotel"

If you ever get down to Nashville way
And you're lookin' for a laid back place to stay
You ain't got too much money to pay
I know a spot that's got to blow you away
Just ring the bell on the Rock and Roll Hotel.

Now the girl at the desk she got a lovely face
The bellboy plays guitar and bass
The cook boogie-woogies as he pours your tea
While the maids sing three parts harmony
They don't kiss'n tell at the Rock and Roll Hotel.

You can call room service day or night
For anything that's gonna make you feel alright
You can make your music sin your sin
Boogie your woogie till your head caves in
Till your head caves in, till your head caves in.

There's a king size bed where you can just kick back
You got your own private studio with 99 tracks
You got a grand piano to play your tunes
While Donna the dealer goes from room to room
With goodies to sell at the Rock and Roll Hotel.

We're goin' to hell to the Rock and Roll Hotel...