Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Rock Star's Lament"

"Rock Star's Lament"



I have pawned my golden records I have sold my sequent suits
For a bottle of rye whiskey I gave up my fancy boots
Now I stand here on the corner with a sad sad tail to tell
Once a rock star now a drunker with no song left to sell.

Hide a face you might remember hide a voice you may recall
Twas that cold night in December when we played Carnegie Hall
Now we're smokin' marijuana singin' flat but doin' well
Till I took my first drink of whiskey we started down the road to hell.

I have pawned my golden records I have sold my sequent suits
For a bottle of rye whiskey I gave up my fancy boots
Now I stand here on the corner with a sad sad tail to tell
Once a dopefiend now a drunker with no song left to sell.

Once a rock star now a drunker with no song left to sell
With no song left to sell...

 

[fox69]

"Rodeo Queen"

"Rodeo Queen"



She wakes while you sleep and tiptoes out softly
And brings you your coffee in bed
And she crawls in beside you with biscuits
And kisses until all your hungers're fed.

Then she opens the paper and reads
How them rodeo rowdies have rolled into town
Then she's gone with the wind and you shook off again
And here's how it looks from the ground.

With a rodeo queen, belle of the ball
She's out of the shoe and she's tossin' 'em all
And if you think about it you will take the fall
Lovin' a rodeo queen.

She's home in the morning looks a bit weary
And smilin' a little bit strange
But she fixes your coffee and lays down beside you
Just as if nothin' had changed.

And while she holds you you're holdin' back words
You know that you'd better not say
But she makes no excuses shows no regrets
And you just better love her that way.

She's a rodeo queen, belle of the ball
She's out of the shoe and she's tossin' 'em all
And if you think about it you will take the fall
Lovin' a rodeo queen.

She's a rodeo queen, belle of the ball
She's out of the shoe and she's tossin' 'em all
And if you think about it you will take the fall
Lovin' a rodeo queen...

 

[fox69]

"Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe"

"Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe"



It's two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe
The onions are frying the neon is bright
And the jukebox is startin' to play.

And the sign on the wall says In God We Trust
All others have to pay
And it's two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

The short order cook with the momma tattoo
He's a turnin' them hamburgers slow
Eggs over easy whole wheat down
They all want that coffee to go.

He never once dreamed as a rodeo star
That he'd wind up here today
At two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

There's a tall skinny girl in the booth in the back
Wearin' jeans and a second hand fur
She's been to the doctor then called up her man
And now wonders just where she could turn.

She stares at her coffee then looks toward the ceiling
But Lord it's a strange place to pray
At two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

There's a guy in a tux and he stands in the corner
Feedin' the jukebox his dimes
He just had a woman and thought that he'd bought her
But found he'd just rented some time.

And he couldn't sleep so he came back to see
If anyone else wants to play
At two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

Now there's an old dollar bill in the frame on the wall
The first one that Rose ever made
It was once worth a dollar a long time ago
But like Rose it's beginnin' to fade.

She's back off the riched dreamin' of someone
And how things would be if he'd stay
But it's two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

The stoop shouldered man and his frizzy haired woman
It's strange how their eyes never meet
He's playin' the pinball she's fixin' the blanket
Of the baby asleep on the seat.

He's out of work she's puttin' on weight
And they never did have too much to say
It's two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

The waitress Darlene she sits at the counter
Paintin' her fingernails blue
And the short order cook he yells move it or lose it
And pick up an order of stew.

But someday a rich handsome man'll walk in
And carry her far far away
From two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

The shaggy haired hippie he's finished his meal
And he's countin' the change in his jeans
Burger and coffee are eighty-five cents
And he's only got twenty-three.

He smiles at Rose and she winks back at him
But Lord that's a high price to pay
At two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.

The baby faced sailor he leans on the phone
And dials the number again
While the guy in the tux tells the girl in the jeans
Bout wonderful places he's been.

And a wino comes in off the street and starts shoutin'
Bout fortunes that he threw away
And Rosalie's asking the shaggy haired hippie
If he's got a warm place to stay.

And the short order cook takes a five from the till
While Rosie's looking away
And the onions keep frying the neon is bright
And the jukebox continues to play.

And it's two in the morning on Saturday night
At Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe...

 

[fox69]

"Roselee"

"Roselee"



As I lay here all alone I feel the darkness coming on
It's too late to try to catch the sinking sun
But the seasons of my mind they're walking back through summer time
When the sun was bright and our new love was blind.

Roselee won't you come
And walk through summertime with me
At your mother's house tonight I kissed the sunshine of my life
As I tucked him in his little baby bed.

When I turned to walk away my thoughts ran back to yesterday
When I held you close to me and softly said
Roselee I can see in him a part of you and me
At the market place today I overheard somebody say.

In three short weeks you'd marry my best friend
But the seasons of your mind will walk again through summertime
When you feel me in the touch of my son's hand
Roselee you'll be walking with the living end of me.

With my hand clutched to my head, they'll find me in this lonely bed
Where you told me you were through with loving me
Maybe then your seasons mind will walk again through summertime
When our sun is shining six feet over me.

Roselee yes, your leaving took the living out of me...

 

[fox69]

"Roses Are Red"

"Roses Are Red"



Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

A long, long time ago
On graduation day
You handed me your book
I signed this way.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

We dated all through school
And when the big day came
I wrote into your book
Next to my name.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you.

Then I went far away
And you found someone new
I read your letter dear
And I wrote back to you.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
Good luck, may God bless you.

Is that your little girl
She looks a lot like you
Some day some boy will write
In her book too.

Roses are red my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet my love
But not as sweet as you...

 

[fox69]

"Rosie's Restaurant"

"Rosie's Restaurant"



I was waitin' in Rosie's Restaurant.
When the waiter came up and said "what do you want?"
I looked at the menu and it looked so nice.
Till he said, "let me give you some advice"
He said, "Spaghetti and potatoes got too much starch,
Pork chops and sausage are bad for your heart.
There's hormones in chicken and beef and veal.
A bowl of ravioli is a dead man's meal.
Bread got preservatives, there's nitrites in ham.
Artificial coloring in jellies and jam.
Stay away from donuts, run away from pie.
Pepperoni pizza is a sure way to die.
Sugar rots your teeth, makes you put on weight.
Artificial sweetner's got cyclamates.
Eggs got cholesterol, there's fat in cheese.
Coffee ruins your kidneys and so does tea.
Fish got mercury, red meat is poison.
Salt's gonna send your blood presure risin'
Hot dogs and bologna got deadly red dyes.
Vegetables and fruit are sprayed with pesticides.
So I said, "what can I eat that's gonna make me last?"
He said, "a small drink of water in a sterilized glass"
Then he stopped and he thought for a minute.
He said "Never mind the water. There's carcinogenics in it"
So I got up from the table and walked out in the street.
Reliazing there was nothin' I could eat.
I ain't eaten for a month and I'm feeling fine...
"Cause he did not mention, beer, whiskey, women
and sweet red wine.

 

[fox69]

"Rough On The Living"

"Rough On The Living"



I wanna sing this song for a friend of ours
His picture was in all the papers
They said that a legend had passed
The late evenin' news did a special report
And swore that his mem'ry would last
They're playin' his records all weekend
Praisin' the life that he lived
Nashville is rough on the livin'
But she really speaks well of the dead.

The wife that they interviewed cried
Is the same one who left him last fall
And the record producer who called him a hero
Is the one who wouldn't answer his calls
The ladies they sit over coffee
Braggin' bout sharin' his bed
They didn't want him around when he's livin'
But he's sure a good friend when he's dead.

They observed twenty seconds of silence
At the Opry on Saturday night
And they're searchin' the bars and the basements
For some souvenir of his life.

They're plannin' a book for September
Showin' his plain country roots
Any they're sellin' the rights to the movie
And the Hall of Fame's gettin' his boots
At the funeral somebody recited a poem
That told how he suffered and bled
Nashville is rough on the livin'
But she really speaks well of the dead.

Yeah, Nashville is rough on the livin'
But she really speaks well of the dead...

 

[fox69]

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"



You have painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is goin' down
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby, I realize
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

For it wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
Oh, I know Ruby that I'm not the man I used to be
But Ruby, I still need your company.

And she's leaving now 'cause I've just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
If I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town, don't take your love to town...

 

[fox69]

"Saginaw Michigan"

"Saginaw Michigan"



I was born in Saginaw, Michigan
I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay
My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
Too many nights he came home with too little pay.

I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan
The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
And said I wasn't good enough for his daughter's hand.

That's why I went up here to Alaska searchin' around for gold
Like a crazy fool I was diggin' in the frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray I'd strike it rich and then
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan.

I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan
I said, "Honey, I'm comin' home, please wait for me
And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history."

So her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
He gave me a great big party and we served champagne
Then he said son, "Now you're a wise young ambitious man
Now won't you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim?"

So now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground
Why the greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is a missin' him
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw, Michigan.

Least of all us newly weds of Saginaw, Michigan.
(Saginaw, Michigan...)

 

[fox69]

"Sailor Man"

"Sailor Man"



In a pub Britanny I had me a drink or three
I can vaguely recall a pretty girl was standin' there
Ran her hand through my hair took me off for some air
I hope we had a good time for I woke without even a dime.

I'm a sailor that's all that I am, I've been in many a land
Had a million girls but never have the urge to stay
I was born to be on the rollin' sea
That's where I'll be a livin' and I'll be a dyin' someday.

Well, I copped me a ship once more that was bound for Singapore
I got in a card game that lasted for thirty some days
I made my shipmates sad I took all they had
I taught those rosy cheek lads they don't be underratin' ol' Dad.

I'm a sailor that's all that I am, I've been in many a land
Had a million girls but never have the urge to stay
I was born to be on the rollin' sea
That's where I'll be a livin' and I'll be a dyin' someday.

Three more days and we'll be in port, we'll have twenty-four hours of sport
We'll spend our hard earned money as fast as we can
Lift the glasses high and tell the pretty girls lies
And then we'll run for the harbor that's the life of a sailor man.

I'm a sailor that's all that I am, I've been in many a land
Had a million girls but never have the urge to stay
I was born to be on the rollin' sea
That's where I'll be a livin' and I'll be a dyin' someday...