Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Tom Dooley"

"Tom Dooley"



Been many song written about the eternal trying
The song about a mystic relation
A beautiful woman named Laurie
and a condemned man by the name of Tom Dooley

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

Met her on the mountains
There I took her life
Met her on the mountains
Stabbed her with my knife

Took her on the hillside
As God almighty knows
Took her on the hillside
That’s where I hid her clothes

Why don’t you hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

I dug a grave five feet long
I dug it 3 feet deep
Rolled the cold clay over her
And stumped it with your feet.

Baby this time tomorrow
Reckon where I’ll be
If it had not been for Grace
I’da been here in Tennessee

You ought to hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

This time tomorrow
Reckon where I’ll be
Down in some lonesome valley
Hanging from a white oak tree, yea

But if Tom Dooley was hung for the murder of Laurie Foster
Then we’re scouting North Carolina at sunrise
23rd, 1868, have a nice day Tom

Oh you should hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley
Poor boy, you're bound to die.

 

[fox69]

"Too Many Nights Alone"

"Too Many Nights Alone"



Midnight flights and barroom lights and rollin' for three days and nights
And motel rooms have been my only home
They gave me these sad knowing eyes and old age lines before my time
I guess I spent too many nights alone.

Denver trains and LA games taxis through the New York rain
On everybody's party but my own
Tellin' myself love could wait now maybe girl you've come too late
I may have spent too many nights alone.

I never let nobody any closer than my body
And I never needed someone till now
And you know I want so much to reach out my soul and touch you
But I don't know if I know how.

'Cause midnight flights and barroom lights
And rollin' for three days and nights
And open roads have been my only home
Learnin' ways to say goodbye and songs that only make me cry
I guess I spent too many nights alone, too many nights alone...

 

[fox69]

"Too Used To Being With You"

"Too Used To Being With You"



Mhm, too used to that certain someone
To offer my love to anyone new
My excuse for not wanting no one
Too used to being with you.

When you lose a true love you treasure
Other offers are just the past time
You find a kiss just a cheap imitation
The love they offer's not real genuine.

Too used to that certain someone
To offer my love to anyone new
My excuse for not wanting no one
Too used to being with you.

Some other's arms may hold and caress you
And some other's lips may burn on my own
While my eyes are filled with their beauty
My heart inside will be crying alone.

Too used to that certain someone
To offer my love to anyone new
My excuse for not wanting no one
Too used to being with you...

 

[fox69]

"Train That Never Runs"

"Train That Never Runs"



An empty railroad station is a lonely place to be
And a suitcase full of mem'ries is a heavy load to carry
I've got no destination no special place to be
I'm just waitin' for a train that never runs
Lord, I'm waitin' for a train that never comes.

Tears above my ticket on a train that goes nowhere
I paid the price with heartaches a fare that seem so unfair
The silence of the moment is the only sound I hear
I'm just waitin' for a train that never runs
Lord, I'm waitin' for a train that never comes.

Measured time and cross ties the train of love is gone
Down the tracks of yesterdays I see the rails at left on
My mind is just a depot where I wait all alone
I'm just waitin' for a train that never runs
Lord, I'm waitin' for a train that never comes...

 

[fox69]

"Travelin' Minstrel Man"

"Travelin' Minstrel Man"



I am a travelin' minstrel man
I'll do my best to make you happy if I can
I'll sing my song and move along
'Cause I'm a travelin' minstrel man.

My life is measured by the telephone poles
The mileage lines are on my face
I never care much where that old highway goes
I'm happy almost any place.

I'm married to a beatup busted guitar
I'm obligated to my band
Don't waste your time by making permanent plans
I'm only playing one night stands.

Come see the travelin' minstrel man
I'll do my best to make you happy if I can
I'll sing my song and move along
'Cause I'm a travelin' minstrel man.

I've got a suitcase full of stories to tell
'Bout all the places that I've been
When I've told my stories and I've sung you my song
I'll be back on the road again.

Shout out the number that you'd like me to play
Then clap your hands and sing along
Let's have a good time while we still have today
Because tomorrow I'll be gone.

I am a travelin' minstrel man
I'll do my best to make you happy if I can
I'll sing my song and move along
'Cause I'm a travelin' minstrel man.

Come see the travelin' minstrel man
Lord, I'm a travelin' minstrel man...

 

[fox69]

"Truck Driver Truck Driver"

"Truck Driver Truck Driver"



Truck driver truck driver stop your Diamond T
Do you have room inside your rig for a highway bum like me
Hey thank you very much don't suppose you could sorta scoot over a little bit
And give me a little more room cause I got long legs
And it's a long way to where I'm goin'

Truck driver truck driver let your diesel roll
Now do you have one cigarette for a man who's wet and cold
Yeah thank you very much ah I don't reckon you got one of those filter tips instead
I don't really like them regular cigarettes
It's bad for your lungs you know what I mean
And it's a long way to where I'm goin'

Truck driver truck driver lemme ask you one thing more
If I can't sleep in your sleeper cab can I sleep on your trailer floor
Thank you very much
I don't suppose I could sorta borrow your jacket to kinda cover up and get warm with
Cause I'm cold and it's a long way to where I'm goin'

Truck driver truck driver I see in that plastic frame
A picture of a sexy blonde and you know that's my kind of dame
Man I'd really like to grab onto your wife huh
Well it's a long way to where I'm goin' oh yeah

Truck driver truck driver thank you for the ride
Now if you lend me a dollar and half I'll move on down the line
Well I ain't no need to get mad about some folks don't never do nothin' to nobody
And I ain't gonna rob you no more
Yeah Mister you sure got a good lookin' old lady like to get a hold o' her

 

[fox69]

"True Love"

"True Love"



I give to you and you give to me
True love, true love
On and on it will always be
True love.

For you and I have a guardian angel
On high with nothing to do
But to give to you and to give to me
Love forever true.

I give to you and you give to me
Love forever true.

Love forever true...

 

[fox69]

"True Story"

"True Story"



This mornin' I jumped on my horse and went out for a ride
Some wild outlaws chased me and they shot me in the side
So I crawled into a wild cat's cave to find a place to hide
But some pirates found me a sleepin' there and soon they had me tied.

Till a lady zombie cut me loose and begged to be my bride
So I said I'd come back Wednesday but I must admit I lied
Cause I run away into the swamp but I forgot my guide
And I stepped into some quicksand and no matter how I tried.

I couldn't get out until I met a crocodile named Clyde
Who took me to some cannibals who planned to have me fried
They built a fire under me and I swear I almost cried
Till an eagle come and swooped me up and through the air we flied.

But he dropped me in a boilin' lake a thousand miles wide
And you know what happened, then I died...

 

[fox69]

"Truer Love You'll Never Find"

"Truer Love You'll Never Find"



You emptied all my pockets, you took away my gold
You stripped me of my innocence then leave me in the cold
You robbed me of my patience and you messed up my mind
But we're gonna stick together babe
'Cause a truer love you'll never find than mine.

You set my very soul on fire and you burned it to the ground
You take my lovely little world and turn it upside down
You robbed me of my patience and you messed up my mind
But we're gonna stick together babe
Cause a truer love you'll never find than mine.

We're gonna stick together babe
'Cause a truer love you'll never find than mine.
Yeah, we're gonna stick together babe
'Cause a truer love you'll never find than mine...

 

[fox69]

"Try To Remember"

"Try To Remember"



Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.

Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and happy fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one had wept except the willow
Try to remember when life was so tender
When dreams were kept beside your pillow.

And deep in December it's nice to remember
Too fire of September that made us mellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow...