Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Tulsa County"

"Tulsa County"



My nights have been lonely since I've been in Tulsa County
And I really don't know what I'm gonna do
Guess that I'll just mosey down around that southern border
'Cause I feel I gotta get away from you.

I got your note in Charleston that you needed my assistance
But when I came out you didn't need me then
Though I may not be your wise man but I know the life I'm a living
And you got your help from lots of other men.

I don't know just where I'll go
Guess I'll ride on down to Mexico, down to Mexico.

You say that you love me like your feeling got you sorry
But you gotta lie to keep this fool around
And if I'd stay I know that I'll just be around to laugh at
Since there's nothing else to keep me in your town.

I don't know just where I'll go
Guess I'll ride on down to Mexico, down to Mexico.

I don't know just where I'll go
Guess I'll ride on down to Mexico, down to Mexico...

 

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"Two For A Dollar"

"Two For A Dollar"



Last Saturday morning I shut off the alarm
Drove out in the valley to old Dan Cook's farm
A sign on the fence post put up with one nail read 10 a.m. sharp for big public sale
At least forty people were out in the yard
Looking for bargains they were dealing real hard
To buy up the pieces and find out the worth of fifty years living so close to the earth
Who'll give me five I got five now who'll give me ten
I'll call out the numbers and you just say when
For a lifetime of mem'ries some happy some sad
Two for a dollar the price sure ain't bad

No bids for the carriage rottin' out by the shed
The one that they drove on the night they were wed
Five bucks for the brass bed a little bit worn
Not much for the place where the five kids were born
And the old parlor piano still sounded alright
Just as good as it did many Saturday nights
And the big round oak table where dinner was made
Brought almost as much as the tiffany shade
Who'll give me five...
Two for a dollar the price sure ain't bad

 

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"Unemployment Line"

"Unemployment Line"



In the unemployment line in the unemployment line
I see a butcher and a baker a faker and a quaker and an old girl friend of mine
There's white collars blue collars and no collars too talking bout the bad new times
And we all get together every Wednesday afternoon in the unemployment line
Now who do you think was there today talking bout food and rent
There was a hard hat a fat cat a girl from the laundromat and one ex-president
I raised my eyes and prayed to the Lord please save this world of mine
Then I turned around and I saw God standin' in the unemployment line
In the unemployment line in the unemployment line
Hey I'll see all of you in a week or two in the unemployment line

 

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"Valentine"

"Valentine"



Inside her feeble mind
She is spinning out of time
Like a hunter who's gone blind, my valentine

Beside her velvet nest
She humiliates the best
Couldn't take no more I guess of my valentine

Valentine, I killed my valentine
And I laughed until I cried for my valentine
Valentine, I killed my valentine
And I shall proudly do the time for my valentine

Beneath her rugged skirt
She does most of her work
Laughing while you hurt for my valentine

In the middle of every dream
Is a lie that holds the key
To free you from what you think you'd need like my valentine

Valentine, I killed my valentine
And I laughed until I cried for my valentine
Valentine, I killed my valentine
And I shall proudly do the time for my valentine

 

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"Vincennes"

"Vincennes"



Vincennes, Vincennes, Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes, Vincennes, Vincennes, my hometown
I'm coming back, clear the track
I'm someone to someone in Vincennes, my hometown.

Have you ever known how lonesome it can be in the big city
Let me tell you friend it's lonesome
Everybody runnin' busy with the wrong affairs
There I was in a crowd lost and no one cares.

I've often heard if you wanna break to go
To the big city that's the place to start
But the only break I saw anybody get
In the heart of that city was a broken heart.

Vincennes, Vincennes, Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes, Vincennes, Vincennes, my hometown
I'm coming back, clear the track
I'm someone to someone in Vincennes, my hometown...

 

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"Waitress At Main Street Cafe"

"Waitress At Main Street Cafe"



I know they all know that I love her they don't say a word I can tell
The people who live here on Main Street know and respect me too well
Each morning she brings me my coffee thank you good looking I'd say
Everyone knows I'm in love with the waitress at Main Street Cafe.

I watch as she walks by my table I'm longing to hold her so tight
I know once again I will meet her when she gets through working tonight
Someday when my ship comes to anchor I'll come and I'll take her away
My schemes and my dreams are including the waitress at Main Street Cafe.

I know that some stranger would wonder why we steal a quick little kiss
I eat and I drink all my orange juice yet I never leave her a tip
She says she will take off that apron when we can afford it some day
Yes, the girl that I married is working, she's the waitress at Main Street Cafe...

 

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"Warm And Free"

"Warm And Free"



Warm and free warm and free that's all it takes to get a hold on me
Warm and free warm and free you never know how low you can be

Till you go into an an all-night cafe grab somebody's dirty old cup
Walk right up to the hot water boiler and fill that sucker up
Then you add some ketchup salt and tabasco sure smells good to me
Then sloopity-slop you suck it up it's warm and it's free
Oh warm and free...

Till you sneak into a party on the Saturday night and say hey I'm a friend of Stan's
And you ease into the kitchen open up the fridge and gobble up everything you can
Then you crawl into the bed neath the big pile o' coats
And try to get yourself some sleep
This life ain't swell but what the hell you're warm and you're free
Oh warm and free...

Till you go into the bar and meet a middle aged lady let her buy you a drink or two
You look into her eyes till she says I've got a son bout the very same age as you
Then you say you remind me of my very own mama as her hand slips to her knee
She ain't Raquel but what the hell it's warm and it's free
Oh warm and free...

 

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"Watching The Trains Go By"

"Watching The Trains Go By"



Down at the railroad station
My suitcase settin' by my side
Got no high hopes of leaving
I'm just watching the trains go by
Watching the trains go by.

Lawyer Jabob's wife she is expecting and he wonders why in blazes
How his wife could come to blame now they tried so many times before
Walking back down this dusty farmroad my thirsty mind is high and dry
One more day down at the station watching the trains go by.

Down at the railroad station
My suitcase settin' by my side
Got no high hopes of leaving
I'm just watching the trains go by
Watching the trains go by.

Papa's working at the coal mines mama's lying sick in bed
They'd be better off without me one less mouth to be fed
Younger brother John is in the jailhouse down on the woodfarm chopping wood
I stayed around and tried to change him don't look like I done no good.

Down at the railroad station
My suitcase settin' by my side
Got no high hopes of leaving
I'm just watching the trains go by
Watching the trains go by.

Down at the railroad station
My suitcase settin' by my side
Got no high hopes of leaving
I'm just watching the trains go by
Watching the trains go by...

 

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"We Helped Each Other Out (For A While)"

"We Helped Each Other Out (For A While)"



Remember when I saw you standing slightly cryin' empty-handed
With no one that you could call your own
Looking up to someone somewhere asking for life with no despair
Begging for the world to leave you alone
Yes I shouldn't have butted in but you looked as if you could use a friend
And I'd lost one myself and was looking about
Remember it was kinda crazy I held my hand out you took it baby
For a while we helped each other out

Remember how I dried every tear that you cried
And gave you love to trust beyond a doubt
And whenever I was down you made me laugh brought me around
Yeah for a while we helped each other out

And early one day in the morning sun that time came we knew would come
And in our hearts well there was love no more
I guess we're just two of that kind that look for life but never find
The love in mind that we were looking for
But I always have the warm spot for you cause at one time I adored you
And if I pass this way again I'll shout
May be years 'fore I come through but when I do I'll call on you
Cause at one time we helped each other out
At one time we helped each other out

 

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"We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds"

"We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds"



We said our goodbyes long ago
Never thinking we'd miss each other so
All the memories we can't leave behind
Oh, we must have been out of our minds.

I've thought I loved another, not you
Oh, how foolish I've thought the same too
They both turned out to be the wrong kinds
Oh, we must have been out of our minds.

Let's forgive and forget the past we've known
We'll reap together all the wild seeds we've sowed
Surely they can forgive us and find
That we must have been out of our minds.

Yes, I've thought I loved another, not you
Oh, how foolish I've thought the same too
They both turned out to be the wrong kinds
Oh, we must have been out of our minds.

Yes, we must have been out of our minds...