Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Salt Lake City"

"Salt Lake City"



Sun's up, I better get up and make the rounds
All alone on my own here in this old town of Salt Lake City
Gotta find work, forget the hurt and how she put me down.

For some man who didn't care
But with his fast talk and curly hair
He took her away from me
In Salt Lake City.

Night has come day is done
But there's just no job to be found in Salt Lake City
Oh, this room's cold, no one to hold, so I just walk around
And think of all the times that she said that she loved me
But that's just a memory in Salt Lake City.

I should pack my things and go
But my heart keeps saying no
Some day she'll come back to me
In Salt Lake City...

 

[fox69]

"Scarlet Ribbons"

"Scarlet Ribbons"



I peeked in to say goodnight
And I heard my child in prayer
Send to me some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.

All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town no scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.

Through the night
My heart was aching
Just before
The dawn was breaking.

I peeked in and on her bed
In great profusion laying there
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.

If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.

If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair...

 

[fox69]

"See That Bluebird"

"See That Bluebird"



(Okay, is everybody ready to be animals? Yeah!)

See that bluebird on a limb
He wants you to fly away with him
He wants you to wear a featherly vest
And he wants you to sleep in a featherly nest.

But he can't have you, no, no, no
I ain't gonna let you go
Birds in the sky you'd better see
My little birds are staying with me.

See that fish down in the sea
He wants you to paddle away from me
He wants you to splash and bubble and swim
He wants you to live in the water with him.

But he can't have you, no, no, no
I ain't gonna let you go
Birds in the sky and fish in the sea
My little fishes are staying with me.

Hear that lion roarin' in the Zoo
He wants you to come and live there too
But he don't know that when you're cryin'
You can roar louder than any ole lion.

So he can't have you, no, no, no
I ain't gonna let you go
Birds and fish and lions better see
My little animals're staying with me.
Yes they are...

 

[fox69]

"Send Tomorrow To The Moon"

"Send Tomorrow To The Moon"



Rain keeps right on pourin' it's another Monday mornin'
And another week to start and leave behind
Road keeps a gettin' longer the valley's a gettin' deeper
And the mountain's gettin' steeper that I'd climb.

Take me back to Cracker Jacks and blowin' up baloons
Skippin' rope and funny dough and GI Joe cartoons
Birthday parties low and hardy when you remember Daniel Boone
Then you can send tomorrow to the moon.

Crowd of thoughts keep comin' have you heard about the bummin'
Is it too late to remember and fotget
Questions keep on risin' and it's not too surprisin'
That we haven't found the answers to 'em yet.

Take me back to Cracker Jacks and blowin' up baloons
Skippin' rope and funny dough and GI Joe cartoons
Birthday parties low and hardy when you remember Daniel Boone
Then you can send tomorrow to the moon...

 

[fox69]

"Shame On Me"

"Shame On Me"



Shame on me for hurting you
What can I say, what can I do?
Last night I was blind but today I see
I did you wrong, shame on me.

You say you won't be seein' me again
You say we're through
I wouldn't want to see the sunrise tomorrow
If I knew that to be true.

I know that just sayin' sorry
Doesn't sound out a lot
But the girl you saw me with last night
Means no more to me.

Than the thousand stars
To the great clouds that cover the night
The more I look at her
The more I realize how much I love you.

Shame on me for hurting you
What can I say, what can I do?
Last night I was blind but today I see
I did you wrong, shame on me.

I'll admit I shouldn't have
Given into love's wild temptation
With someone I cared nothing for
I was blind and I hurt you.

Can you ever forgive the fool
The fool who really loves you?
Last night I was blind but today I see
I did you wrong, shame on me...

 

[fox69]

"She Called Me Baby"

"She Called Me Baby"



She called me baby, baby, all night long
Used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I awoke and she was gone
Ah, there's no more baby, baby all night long.

Well she called me baby, baby, all night long
Lift me up so high and made me strong
Well, what I'd give if she'd just come back home
And call me baby, baby all night long.

Yeah, she called me baby, baby, all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
But now each night in dreams just like a song
I still hear baby, baby all night long.

But there's no more baby, baby, all night long...

 

[fox69]

"She Is Gone"

"She Is Gone"



She is gone but she was here
And her presence is still heavy in the air
What a taste of human love
But she is gone and it don't matter anymore.

But I don't care she was mine
Now her heart belongs to someone I don't know
She is gone but she was here
And my life will never be the same again.

Crossing dreams with our lives
It was more than just a woman and a man
It was love without the skies
Now my life will never be the same again.

'Cause she is gone but she was here
And her presence is still heavy in the air
What a taste of human love
But she is gone and it don't matter anymore.

She is gone but she was here...

 

[fox69]

"She Thinks I Can"

"She Thinks I Can"



(Okay, hold it kids, hold it! Listen!
I wanna sing a song now especially for mama.
Okay? This is for mama.)

She looks at me with the eyes of a child
She thinks I can reach out and turn back the tide
And I'm just a man and I can't work no wonders
But she thinks I can so I try.

She follows me down the dark pathways I'm leadin'
She's still believing that I'll find the way
And I tell her I can't give her all that she's needin'
But she thinks I can so I may.

I may find a way to turn darkness to sunshine
I may find a rainbow behind the next hill
But with her beside me and heaven to guide me
Lord she thinks I can so I will.

I may find a way to turn darkness to sunshine
I may find a rainbow behind the next hill
But with her beside me and heaven to guide me
Lord she thinks I can she thinks I can so I will.

I will, Lord, I will...

 

[fox69]

"She's My Ever Lovin' Machine"

"She's My Ever Lovin' Machine"



Well, friends you know once I was took in
By a girl with a twinkly eye
But the first time that I wasn't lookin'
She ran off with a handsomer guy, oh my.

But I'm an inventin' type feller
So as soon as my brain got uncurled
I tiptoed right down to my cellar
And built a mechanical girl.

Oh, her arms are iron, her legs are steel
Her hips are on wires attached to a wheel
And her spine is a coil that I now and then oil
She's my ever lovin' machine.

She's always right there when I need her
And she's very easy to please
And hardly cost nothing to feed her
Just some water and oil and grease.

She never complains when I stay out all night
She never complains that I ain't rich
And each time I want her just to cuddle me up tight
I just reach out and turn on 'er switch.

Oh, her arms are iron, her legs are steel
Her hips are on wires attached to a wheel
And her spine is a coil that I now and then oil
She's my ever lovin' machine.

She has no trouble makin' her mind up
'Cause friends I did not give her a mind
And her heart is a clock that I wind up
So I know that she'll love me in time.

She always did what she was supposed to
Right up to this evening but then
She had an affair with a toaster
And they ran off and left me again.

Oh, her arms were iron, her legs were steel
Her hips were on wires attached to a wheel
And her spine was a coil that I used to oil
She was my ever lovin' machine...

 

[fox69]

"Shenandoah"

"Shenandoah"



Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, just to be near you

Away, I’m bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri

Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, across the water

Away, we're bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri

Oh, Shenandoah, I’m going to leave you
Away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, I want to see you
Away, I’m bound away
‘Cross the wide Missouri