Bobby Bare

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Streets Of Baltimore"

"Streets Of Baltimore"

I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be
We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennssee
I bought those oneway tickets she had often begged me for
And they took us to the streets of Baltimore.

Her heart was filled with laughter when she saw those city lights
She said the prettiest place on earth is Baltimore at night
Oh well, a man feels proud to give his woman what she's longing for
And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore.

Well, I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine
I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene
Yet every night when I came home with every muscle sore
She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore.

Well, I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be
But I soon learned she loved those bright lights much more than she loved me
Now I'm a going back on that same train that brought me here before
While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore.

Yes, my baby walks the streets of Baltimore...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Summer Wages"

"Summer Wages"

Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer
For you know the odds won't ride with you
Never leave your woman alone when your friends around to steal her
Years I've gambled and lost like summer wages.

And we'll keep rolling on till we get to Vancouver
And the woman that I love is living there
It's been six long months and more since I've seen her
May be gambled and gone like summer wages.

In all of the beer bars all down along Main Street
The dreams of the seasons get all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber just waitin' for falling
And the hookers waitin' watchfully as they sit there by the door.

So, I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes on
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound straits where the cedars stand a waitin'
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.

In all of the beer bars all down along Main Street
The dreams of the seasons get all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber just waitin' for falling
And the hookers waitin' watchfully as they sit there by the door.

So, I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes on
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound straits where the cedars stand a waitin'
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.

Years I've gambled and lost like summer wages...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Sunday Morning Coming Down"

"Sunday Morning Coming Down"

In the park I see a daddy with the laughin' little girl that he's a swinging
And I stop beside a Sunday school and listen to the song they're singing
I'm headin' back for home and somewhere far away a lonely bell is ringing
And it echoes through the city like my disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk wishing Lord that I was home
'Cause there's something bout a Sunday makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing sure to dying half as lonesome as the sound
On a sleeping city sidewalk Sunday morning coming down.

I smoked so much the night before my mouth feels like an ashtray I've been licking
Now I light my first and watch a small kid cussin' at the can he's been a kicking
I cross the empty street and catch the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
And it takes me back to something that I'd lost somehow somewhere along the way.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk wishing Lord that I was home
'Cause there's something bout a Sunday makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing sure to dying half as lonesome as the sound
On a sleeping city sidewalk Sunday morning coming down.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk wishing Lord that I was home
'Cause there's something bout a Sunday makes a body feel alone
And there's nothing sure to dying half as lonesome as the sound
On a sleeping city sidewalk Sunday morning coming down...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen"

"Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen"

I was hangin' round Nashville writin' songs
And playin' them for all of the stars
Watchin' them laugh and hand 'em back
Livin' on hope and Hershey bars.

So I pawned my guitar and bought a ticket home
And I's a headin' for the trailway bus
When I seen an old fountain pen layin' in the gutter
So I stopped and picked it up.

It was worn out and bent and cast aside
Kinda sorta like myself
So I sat down on the curb and wrote a little song
That told the world how both of us felt.

Then I run that song down the Music Row
And before I had time to spit
It's pitched and sold and cut for a record
And movin' up the charts and damned it's a hit.

So I wrote me another winner
Then I wrote me a smash again
And it's a flyin' off the ground 'cause I knew I found
Me a sure hit songrwiter pen.

So the songs they just kept a pourin' out
And the money kept pourin' in
Oh, I just couldn't miss all it took was a twist
Of my sure hit songwriter's pen.

Remember when I won the Grammy
Then I won it again and again
Well, none of you knew it was all due
To my sure hit songwriter's pen.

I was a darling of all of the ladies
I was a hero among the men
Makin' big dough, workin' rodeos and TV shows
Me and my sure hit songwriter pen.

But then one night in Wichita
I was just comin' off of the stage
Folks all lined up screamin' for my autograph
And Lord, I was a nation rage.

One little freckle faced girl was there
She said I got no pencil sir
So I signed it with my songwriter pen
And then handed the pen back to her.

Four o'clock that morning I woke up
With the shakes and the bends
With terror in my eyes 'cause good God, I realized
I'd lost my sure hit songwriter pen.

I offered rewards in papers
And I pleaded on the sympathy line
And a whole lotta folks sent a whole lotta pens
But none of them pens was mine.

So my songs got worse and my money ran out
And so did all my good time friends
And there was no doubt I was nothing without
My long lost sure hit songwriter pen.

So I rolled like a stone down old Skid Row
Where I fed my blues on wine
And I rest my chops in a two-bit flop
And I tell my story for a drink or a dime.

And I sleep with my shoes underneath my head
Dream about days back then
When I blazed my name across the sky
With my sure hit songwriter pen.

Somewhere in Wichita some little girl
Who's a freckle faced and nine or ten
Is doin' her arithmetic homework tonight
With the sure hit songwriter's pen.

I'll say God bless you honey
You got yourself a sure hit songwriter pen there
Write a song for me baby
You got a sure hit songwriter pen.

Send me some money
You got a sure hit songwriter pen...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Sweet Dreams"

"Sweet Dreams"

(Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you.)

You don't love me it's plain
I should know you'll never wear my name
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you.

Sweet dreams of you, dreams I know can't come true
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you.

Instead of having sweet dreams about you...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Sweeter Than The Flowers"

"Sweeter Than The Flowers"

Just as far as I can remember
She'll remain the rose of my heart
Mama took sick along in December
February brought us broken hearts.

The reason we've not called the family reunion
Is we knew that you wouldn't be there
But now that we thought it all over mama
We know that the spirit is here.

No, no, I can't forget the hours
You're the only one mama and sweeter than the flowers
No, no, there's no need to bother
To speak of you now would only hurt farther
Oh no mama, I'll never forget you
And someday I'll meet you up there.

No, no, I can't forget the hours
You're the only one mama and sweeter than the flowers
No, no, there's no need to bother
To speak of you now would only hurt farther
Oh no mama, I'll never forget you
And someday I'll meet you up there...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Sylvia's Mother"

"Sylvia's Mother"

Sylvia's mother says,
"Sylvia's busy, too busy to come to the phone"
Sylvia's mother says,
"Sylvia's trying to start a new life of her own."
Sylvia's mother says,
"Sylvia's happy, now why don't you leave her alone?"

And the operator says, "Forty cents more
For the nest three minutes."
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye, goodbye.
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell.

Sylvia's mother says,
"Sylvia's packin', shes gonna be leavin' today."
Sylvia's mother says,
"Sylvia's marryin', a fellow down Galveston way."
Sylvia's mother says
"Please don't say nothin' to make her start cryin' and stay."

And the operator says, "Forty cents more
For the nest three minutes."
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye, goodbye.
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell.

Sylvia's mother says,
"Sylvia's hurryin', she's catchin' the nine o'clock plane."
Sylvia's mother says,
"Take your umbrella, 'cause sylvia it's startin' to rain."
Sylvia's mother says,
"Thank you for callin' and sir, won't you call back again?"

And the operator says, "Forty cents more
For the nest three minutes."
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I'll only keep her a while
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye, goodbye.
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Sympathy"

"Sympathy"

Oh well, I look in your eyes
And what do I see
Well, I don't see love
All I see is sympathy
Before she came along
You belonged to me
She stole your heart away
But yet you stayed in sympathy
If you can't say you love me
Then don't say you're sorry
Please don't you pitty me
If I can't have your lovin'
I'd rather have nothing
I don't want sympathy
Do you think I'm blind?
Why any fool can see
That a-you don't care
And all that's there there is a-yeah honey, sympathy
If you can't say you love me
Then don't say you're sorry
Please don't you pitty me
If I can't have your lovin'
I'd rather have nothing
I don't want sympathy
Do you think I'm blind?
Why any fool can see
That a-you don't care
And all that's there there is a-yeah, sympathy
And it's all for me
I don't want sympathy

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Take Me As I Am"

"Take Me As I Am"

Why must you always try to make me over
Take me as I am or let me go
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
Take me as I am or let me go.

You're trying to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But I won't be a standing for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go.

You've tried to change me ever since you met me
Take me as I am or let me go
If you don't want me like I am forget me
Take me as I am or let me go.

Then take me as I am or let me go...

fox69 · 12.03.2016

"Take Me Home To Mama"

"Take Me Home To Mama"

Won't you take me home to mama
She loves me and she'll keep me safe and warm
All I ask is take me home to mama
Please take me home to mama's arms.

Oh, greyhound bus I bet she could never guess
Where I got the money to buy this ticket home
Well, I tell you after years of tears and hard work today I made it
I reached bottom, I've begged on the street, that's all I got.

Won't you take me home to mama
She loves me and she'll keep me safe and warm
All I ask is take me home to mama
Please take me home to mama's arms.

I've lost many things in my life but today I lost my pride
So ol' greyhound take me home to mama I need some love inside
All I ask is take me home to mama
Please take me home to mama's arms...