Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"There Never Was A Time"

"There Never Was A Time"



There was a time we'd sit in the backyard 'cause the house would get so hot
From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin'
And you'd play your old guitar, we'd fight mosquitos
And enjoyed your backyard concerts for we had no television.

We'd just begun our life as man and wife and hard ships then
Could scaresly scare us into quittin'
Things were far from bein' fine we often dined upon a dime
There never was a time we didn't love.

The Christmas brought us saddest days when your pride gave a way
You told the kids there'd be no gifts cause we were broke
Though their little tears of grief was so hard to see
It didn't hurt me like the love I knew was in your throat.

It was then with arms entwined we both broke down and cried
For it seemed like nothing good would ever come
The doctor bills we couldn't pay they came and took our car away
There never was a time we didn't love.

Now there's an easy chair for my back and satin pillows for your head
And the kids are wild about the brand new cars
You and I can order steak with all the trimmings
And not worry if we've spent a dollar more than we could spare.

No wonder in your prayers we've thanked the man upstairs
Who led us through the years of ragin' kids and payin' bills
And I think he guied us not because we were smart
But just because there never was a time we didn't love.

There never was a time, never was a time
Never was a time we didn't love
Never was a time, never was a time
Never was a time we didn't love...

 

[fox69]

"They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole"

"They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole"



Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns
Interstate 90 is a sight to behold
But that monument to progress and engineering skill
Has covered up the old swimmin' hole
Thirty feet straight up from where the old hole stood
They sell twenty kinds of icecream and the food is good
But it never can compare with the food for the soul
You could get for a dip in the old swimmin' hole
Oh the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep
Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet
And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul
And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole

A symbol of our great and affluent society Interstate 90 fulfillment of our goals
But that masterpiece of human ingenuity has covered up the old swimmin' hole
Gone the wooden schoolhouse the old country store
The winding dirt road that's winding no more
And the old swimmin' hole hears the sound of speeding wheels
Entombed beneath a blanket of concrete and steel
Oh the old swimmin' hole...

 

[fox69]

"This Guitar Is For Sale"

"This Guitar Is For Sale"



This guitar is for sale, I'll let her go cheap
She's pretty to look at but she don't earn her keep
She can roar like the west wind, she can weep, she can wail
But the tunes that she plays just ain't sellin' today
This guitar is for sale.

She lay close beside me on cold winter nights
She's got me in trouble and she won me some fights
We both come out all right
She knows all the sad songs that Hank ever wrote
Just touch her once gently and she'll take you on home
She'll tell you some stories 'bout junk yards and jails
And a fool with a song and a dream that went wrong
This guitar is for sale.

She's rode cross this country on freight trains and trucks
On 'round pawnshop windows when we're down on our luck
We been down on our luck
So please treat her kind, keep her out of the rain
It's funny you're askin', I never gave her a name
But if you say she looks weary, you been readin' our mail
So if you got the dough buddy take her and go
This guitar is for sale.

She's won me some ladies with her sweet lovin' songs
And she's stuck right here with me when the ladies were gone
And the ladies are gone
But hard times and trouble been doggin' our tail
So if you got the dough buddy take her and go
This guitar is for sale...

 

[fox69]

"Three Legged Man"

"Three Legged Man"



Well, now friends you'd never guess it so I really must confess it
I just met the sweetest woman of my long dismal life
But a friend of mine said buddy just in case your mind is muddy
Don't you know that girl you're fooling with is Peg-Leg Johnson's wife
And that man is hard and cold and mean and grim
And he'll catch you and he'll brain you with his artificial limb.

But next morning bright and early I stole old Peg-Leg's girlie
And I also took his wooden leg just to play it safe
But there weren't no time for laughter cause he started hopping after
And I keep on running faster but he won't give up the chase
And I'm running through the mountains with his bride
And I got his wooden leg here by my side.

I'm a three-legged man with a two-legged woman
Being chased across country by a one-legged fool
Though he's hoppin' and he's clappin' and he shows no sign of stoppin'
I tell you boys this life is hard and cruel.

Through the deserts and the valleys and those dark Chicago alleys
Cross the muddy Mississippi to the hills of Caroline
Through the mountains of Montana and the swamps of Louisiana
Each time that I look back he's just about one foot behind
And I know he must be cold and wet and sick
But in spite of all his troubles he can kick.

Oh, he's ragged and he's filthy and I'm feeling kinda guilty
Specially in the evenings when I hear him plead and beg
He says in spite of all your stealing friend I bear you no hard feelings
You can keep that damned old woman but please give me back my leg
'Cause old friend I know you think you took my wooden leg
But in the dark you made a mistake you took my good leg.

I'm a three-legged man with a two-legged woman
Being chased across country by a one-legged fool
Though he's hoppin' and he's clappin' and he shows no sign of stoppin'
I tell you boys this life is hard and cruel.

I tell you boys this life is hard and cruel...

 

[fox69]

"Three Mixed Up Hearts"

"Three Mixed Up Hearts"


[Bobby & Liz & Norma]

The one at home I love for her devotion
While the other fills my heart with such emotion
I'm so torn between the two of them I have to play two parts
It's a sad story of three mixed up hearts.

No woman worth a dime would think of making time
With someone who is married happily
No man could ever roam if he's got a happy home
And now he finds his happiness with me.

Oh, the one at home I love for her devotion
While the other fills my heart with such emotion
I'm so torn between the two of them I have to play two parts
It's a sad story of three mixed up hearts.

I know you want my man but honey understand
You're just a toy that he'll soon throw aside
Well, even little boys don't throw away their toys
If they no longer keep them satisfied.

Oh, the one at home I love for her devotion
While the other fills my heart with such emotion
I'm so torn between the two of them I have to play two parts
It's a sad story of three mixed up hearts.

It's a sad story of three mixed up hearts...

 

[fox69]

"Till I Get On My Feet"

"Till I Get On My Feet"



She was quite a looker she kept herself up well
She was crowdin' forty but in the dark you couldn't tell
I sat down at her table and had myself a pour
Then we slow danced by the jukebox to a motel room next door.

I whispered soft and sweet what's the use in waitin'
Love is wild and free and night is quickly fadin'
She said it may be wild but honey it ain't free
Would you lay twenty on me till I get on my feet.

I whispered soft and sweet what's the use in waitin'
Love is wild and free and night is quickly fadin'
She said it may be wild but honey it ain't free
Would you lay twenty on me till I get on my feet...

 

[fox69]

"Time"

"Time"



Ain't the snow fallin' just a bit deeper these days
And they're building the stairs a bit'steeper these days
And the town's really changin' in so many ways
It's time, time.

The young folks you're growin' uncommonly tall
And the newspaper print is becomin' so small
And folks talk so soft you can barely hear at all
It's time, just time.

Jokes aren't as witty as the old jokes once were
And the girls ain't half as pretty as I remember her
And today on the bus a grown man called me sir
It's time, just time.

You know I ain't quite as anxious for fame or success
And my eye finds the girl in the plain simple dress
And I cling a bit longer to each warm caress
That's time, just time.

So it takes a bit longer to walk up a hill
What of it but my life now is much more fulfill
But they're tearin' down the buildings that I watched them build
It's time, time...

 

[fox69]

"Times Are Gettin' Hard"

"Times Are Gettin' Hard"



Times're gettin' hard boy, money's almost gone
Times're gettin' hard boy, time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand, lead her from this town
Times're gettin' hard boy, we're California bound.

Pack up everything we own, that won't take us long
Say goodbye today because tomorrow we'll be gone
It's hard to leave this place it's been hometown for so long
Oh, but the men can't live with nothing's right and everything goes wrong.

Sometimes I drink 'cause sometimes I think maybe I was born with a curse
Things don't get no better for me, they just go from bad to worse
You know I spent my entire life, learned my trade and working hard
Then one day the bossman brought some big machines and next day
he told me I was fired.

Times're gettin' hard boy, money's almost gone
Times're gettin' hard boy, time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand, lead her from this town
Times're gettin' hard boy, we're California bound...

 

[fox69]

"Tired Of The Road Joe"

"Tired Of The Road Joe"



I've been on the road twenty years
Ten thousand nights and a million beers
But I'm tired of the road Joe it's no fun anymore Joe
I'm savin' my money and I'll be goin' home soon.

I've lived good played with the best
Stayed up for days and never got no rest
But I'm gettin' old Joe tired of the road Joe
I'm savin' my money I'll be goin' home soon.

Ain't it funny how things don't work out
The way you had 'em planned
One day you just turn around
And it's slipped right through your hand.

These bandstand lights they won't erase
The wrinkles in my hand and the lines in my face
But I'm gettin' old Joe tired of the road Joe
I'm savin' my money and I'll be goin' home soon...

 

[fox69]

"Together Again"

"Together Again"



Together again our tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights are now at an end
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
And nothing else matters now we're together again.

Together again the grey skies are gone
You're back in my arms now that's where I belong
The love that we knew is living again
And nothing else matters now we're together again.

We're together again...