Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Talk Me Some Sense"

"Talk Me Some Sense"



Talk me some sense, talk me some sense
Put a song of love and laughter on your face
Talk me some sense, talk me some sense
'Cause the way you're talkin' now is a digrace.

I've heard enough o' your talk about the world that is to be
You say it's sick and sinful and then any fool should see
You sing songs of agitation and usin' funny rhymes
The whole new trend and your preachin' friend is a great big waste of time.

Talk me some sense, talk me some sense
Put a song of love and laughter on your face
Talk me some sense, talk me some sense
'Cause the way you're talkin' now is a digrace.

Just call me a illiterate or any other name
But no matter how you bug me up I'll tell you without shame
Don't know where your world is but it sounds quite a mess
But here on earth we waste our time on things like happiness.

Talk me some sense, talk me some sense
Put a song of love and laughter on your face
Talk me some sense, talk me some sense
'Cause the way you're talkin' now is a digrace...

 

[fox69]

"Tall Oak Tree"

"Tall Oak Tree"



There was a tall oak tree that loved a bubblin' brook
And the bubblin' brook loved a mountain high
And the mountain high loved the sky above
The creator looked down and saw everything was loved, loved, loved.

Then he took a bone and a piece of mud
He made a man and a woman to be flesh and blood
Then along came a devil up from the ground
He tempted woman and that's spred sin all around, all around, all around.

If she'd've left that apple on the apple tree
There'd be no tears and sorrow we'd live eternaly
And then along came man to burn the oak tree down
And now the bubblin' brook is solid ground.

And the mountain high don't stand so high
And there's a cloud of smoke that covers up a clear blue sky
There was a tall oak tree, there was a tall oak tree
There was a tall oak tree...

 

[fox69]

"Tecumseh Valley"

"Tecumseh Valley"



Name she gave was Caroline
The daughter of a miner
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
That the sunshine walked beside her.

She come from Spencer acoss the hill
She said her Pa had sent her
Cause the coal was low and soon the snow
Would change the skies to winter.

Said she'd come to look for work
She was not seeking favors
For a dime a day and a place to stay
She'd turn those hands to labor.

But the times were hard Lord the jobs were few
All through Tecumseh Valley
But she asked around and a job she found
Tending bar for Gypsy Sally.

She saved enough to get back home
When spring replaced the winter
But her dreams were denied her Pa had died
The word came down from Spencer.

She turned to walkin' in the streets
With all the lust inside her
It was many a man returned again
To lay himself beside her.

They found her down beneath the stairs
That led to Gypsy Sally's
In her hand when she died was a note that cried
Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley.

Name she gave was Caroline
The daughter of a miner
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
That the sunshine walked beside her.

Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley...

 

[fox69]

"Tennessee Stud"

"Tennessee Stud"



There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

Long about eighteen and twenty-five
Left Tennessee very much alive
Never would've made it through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud

Well I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
Sent her a letter ‘bout my uncle Thud
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

One day I was riding in a beautiful land
Ranch Mikantuoh, Indian band
I jurt there night with a hoop and a yep
But I rode away like a bad out ahead, ypee

Well I circled their camp for a time or two
Showed what a Tennessee horse could do
Them red skin boys never got my blood
Cause I was riding on a Tennessee stud

Giddy up, horse

We drifted on down into no man's land
Across the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with the Spaniard's boat
Til I got me a sack full of silver and gold

Then me and the gambler couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud
And I rode away on a Tennessee Stud

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

Well I got it lonesome as a man can be
Dreaming on my girl in Tennessee
Tennessee stud green eyes turned blue
Cause he was a dreaming of a sweetheart too

Then we loaked on back across Arkansas
I whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa
Found that girl with the golden hair
She was a riding on a Tennessee Mare

Stir up the stir up inside the sack
Across the mountains and the valleys wild
Came to big muddy and we forded a flood
On a Tennessee mare and a Tennessee stud

Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
Little horse colt playing round the door
I loved the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

No, there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud

 

[fox69]

"Tequila Sheila"

"Tequila Sheila"



Pour me another Tequila Sheila,
Take off that red satin dress
I cross the border and I beat the dealer
For all the damn gold in Juarez.

I feel like old Pancho Villa, Sheila
And sure could use a friend (I got Pesso to spend)
So pour me another Tequilla Sheila
And lay down n'love me again.

Though I can tell you about it
But don't mind my gun by the bed
I feel kind of naked without it
And it eases the fear in my head.

Just pass me the salt n'the lemon
Bend down n'blow out the light
I never had trusted the woman
But Sheila I'll trust you tonight.

Pour me another Tequila Sheila
Take off that red satin dress
I cross the border and I beat the dealer
Dor all the damn gold in Juarez.

I feel like old Pancho Villa, Sheila
And sure could use a friend (I got Pesso to spend)
So pour me another Tequilla Sheila,
And lay down n'love me again..

Sheila I'm hearing your heart beat
But I'm hearing footsteps outside
The courtyard is crawling with damn federalists
And Sheila there's no place to hide.

I don't know who could have tipped them
nobody knew but you
But I can't make love to a squealer, Sheila
So I guess there's just one thing to do.

Pour me another Tequila Sheila.
I'm gonna put on your red dress, you put on my cloths
You go out and face the dealer
And Sheila, I wish you the best.

I feel like old Pancho Villa, Sheila
I need a fast horse and a friend
So pour me another Tequila Sheila
And I'll ride towards the border again...

 

[fox69]

"That's All I Want From You"

"That's All I Want From You"



A little love that slowly grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes
That's all I want from you
A sunny day with hopes up to the sky
A kiss and no goodbye
That's all I want from you.

Don't let me down,
Oh, show me that you care
Remember when you give
You also get your share.

Don't let me down
I have no time to wait
Tomorrow might not come
When dreams're dreamed too late
A little love that slowly grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes
That's all I want from you.

That's all I want from you

Don't let me down
Oh, show me that you care
Remember when you give
You also get your share.

Don't let me down
I have no time to wait
Tomorrow might not come
When dreams're dreamed too late.
A little love that slowly grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes
That's all I want from you.

That's all I want from you...

 

[fox69]

"That's How I Got To Memphis"

"That's How I Got To Memphis"



If you love somebody enough you'll follow wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis
If you love somebody enough you'll go where your heart wants to go
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis.

I know if you'd seen her you'd tell me 'cause you are my friend
I've got to find her and find out the trouble she's in
And if you tell me she' not here you can follow the trail of her tears
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis.

She'd get mad and she used to say that she'd come back to Memphis some day
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis
I haven't eaten a bite or slept for three days and nights
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis.

I've got to find her and tell her that I love her so
I'll never rest till I find out why she had to go
So thank you for your precious time, forgive me if I start to cryin'
That's how I got to Memphis, that's how I got to Memphis...

 

[fox69]

"That's How I Wanted It To Be"

"That's How I Wanted It To Be"



I thought I'd like to leave the black side of life for a while
Live alone and have some fun
So I told them to take the kids and go back to their mama
(That's how I wanted it to be) and I felt satisfied it was done.

I wake up every morning, make myself a cup of Jay
Down to the factory that's where I spend my day
Five o'clock the whistle blows and that leaves the evening free
That's how I wanted it to be.

Well, it didn't take me long to find out just how much I needed her
So I wrote and told them to take the kids
And come on back home 'cause I was ready to settle down now
Well, you see I just got her letter today.
And it seems she's found someone else, someone she can depend on
(That's how I wanted it to be) and she ain't comin' home no more.

I wake up every morning, make myself a cup of Jay
Down to the factory that's where I spend my day
Five o'clock the whistle blows and that leaves the evening free
That's how I wanted it to be.

That's how I wanted it to be...

 

[fox69]

"The Air Conditioner Song"

"The Air Conditioner Song"


Oh, the sound of the thing is not a ring
It's more like a pleasant purr
And the only sound I hear at night
Is the sound of my purring air-conditioner.

The air is pure and dehumidified
Thermostatically controlled
Now I have no desire to perspire
And that's how progress goes.

But the sound of their singing thrilled me
As distantly but clearly it rang
Though I never saw their faces
And never knew their names.

And the gentle breeze brought sweet dreams
Of sweethearts that I never saw
Who sang "You Are My Sunshine"
In Newport, Arkansas...

[Narrative by Bobby spoken after song:]
(I had a bird he flew away and I guess he's gone to stay
But I see him winging on his way my flyaway bird named Yesterday)
(He's riding on a train)
I'm from Chattanooga Tennessee
That's a town that's neither very large nor very small
But it was a very strategic place about a hundred years ago
Though during the Civil War cause it was a very important rail center
In 1862 a federal agent got the idea
Of destroin' the railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga
So he alone with 27 volunteers captured the train engine called the General
And they captured it in big Shanty Georgia
While its passengers and crew were eatin' breakfast
And there was a big chase that followed but finally the General was
recaptured In fact that old engine is on display in our train station now
And sometimes they take it out on the tour under its own steam
Yeah the old General still runs and I go down to the station sometimes
And just stand and look at that old engine cause I like trains anyway
You know when you think about it trains are not really much different today
Than they were a hundred or so years ago
Oh the engines have changed from steam to diesel but that's about all
Some folks say they're not very practical for carryin' passangers
And that all the passanger trains will be gone in a few years
But we still have a few of 'em left and every once in a while
I like to get on one and take a trip somewhere
And when I'm on a train I always have a strange feeling that I'm visiting the
past You know Abraham Lincoln rode trains but he never rode in a car or a
bus or an airplane.

 

[fox69]

"The Church In The Wildwood"

"The Church In The Wildwood"


Come, come, come, come.

Come to the church in the Wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the vale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale.

There's a church in the valley by the Wildwood
No lovelier spot in the dale
No place is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale.

So sweet on a clear Sabbath morning
To list to the clear ringing bell
Its tones so sweetly are calling
Oh, come to the church in the vale.

Come, come, come, come.

Come to the church in the Wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the vale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale...

[Narrative by Bobby spoken after song:]
(I had a bird he flew away and I guess he's gone to stay
But I see him winging on his way my flyaway bird named Yesterday)