Bobby Bare

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"Chicago Story"

"Chicago Story"



At the airport in Chicago Sunday night
A soldier and his pretty wife came by
She had brought him there to send him off to war
I heard him say now don't cry anymore.

Unashamed they kissed each other there
He ran his fingers through her pretty hair
Once or twice she tried but could not speak
I saw the teardrops rolling down her cheeks.

She said now don't you worry I'll be true
I'll hope and pray no harm will come to you
I thought to myself good Lord what a shame
It made me stop and wonder who's to blame.

That airport looked so big and then so small
I couldn't hold a teardrop back at all
He turned and ran to catch his waiting plane
She stood there crying calling out his name.

She watched his plane go up into the sky
She waited until it was out of sight
Then she smiled and I thought Lord she's lost her mind
But she reached into her purse and got a dime.

She was smiling as she dropped the money in
She was smiling as she let the number ring
And as I left I heard her say into the phone
I'll be over later lover boy he's gone...

 

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"Chicken Every Sunday"

"Chicken Every Sunday"



Chicken every Sunday mama, everything's all right.

Johnny was just a little boy the day his daddy died
And his mama had a hard time keepin' them both
But the Lord knows how she tried
And sometimes she'd tell him son we got heaven on our side.

There's chicken every Sunday Johnny everything's all right
Although he was just a little lad he never did forget
His mama special way of sayin' how their little home was blessed
And sometimes she would say when she said her prayers at night.

She'd bowed her head and said
Chicken every Sunday Lord, and everything's all right.

Well, Johnny grew to be a man and his mama passed away
And this fate would have happened, Johnny's the rich man today
In fact they held the dinner to honor Johnny's name
And with his fame and his riches you might think that Johnny had changed.

But thirty rich men sat around and passed the golden cup
And Johnny, God bless his honor, looked around and then stood up
Thirty rich men bowed their heads and everything grew quiet
And Johnny said chicken every Sunday mama, everything's all right.

Chicken every Sunday mama, everything's all right...

 

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"Childhood Hero"

"Childhood Hero"



She smiled and said, "If you are who I think you are
I'd really like to meet you."
I laughed and said, "If you are what I think you are
I'd like to meet you too."

She said, "You've taught me lots of things
But I'll bet there's some things that I could teach you
And though you don't know me
I sure know you."

"'Cause you are my childhood hero.", she said
"I got all your records I know all your songs
And I got your picture tacked over my bed
And you know I once wrote you a letter.", she said
"And I don't believe that a night that was spent
By a girl with her childhood hero could ever be wrong."

"A thousand songs, a hundred poems
And a half, half a fifth of Chivas Regal
While my picture on the wall looked down
And winked at me as if the bastard knew."

And he listened as she whispered,"Hold me close
So I can dream about this later
When you've forgotten me
I'll remember you."

"'Cause you are my childhood hero.", she said
"I got all your records I know all your songs
And I got your picture tacked over my bed
And you know I once wrote you a letter.", she said
"And I don't believe that a night that was spent
By a girl with her childhood hero could ever be wrong..."

 

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"Cincinnati Jail"

"Cincinnati Jail"



It's cold as a well in Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody, I ain't got nobody.

Shouldn't have drunk that wine it messed up my country mind
But I didn't know that pretty gal wasn't free, not free
And someone called the law and I had a southern drawl
The first one they locked up, you're right was me.

Now it's cold as a well in Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody, I ain't got nobody.

I heard a lot about that great mid western town
So I thought I'd better go and look around look around
Couldn't find me no job and my kind just don't rob
But they don't want no southern bums around.

And it's cold as well in Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody, I ain't got nobody.

Lord, an Appalachian boy ain't never known much joy
But I was better off in my Blueridge Mountain home sweet home
I could see the light of day I could while the time away
On the mornin' the government gave me to live on.

Oh, it's cold as well in Cincinnati jail
I ain't got nobody, I ain't got nobody...

 

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"Climbin' The Ladder And Climbin' The Wall"

"Climbin' The Ladder And Climbin' The Wall"


[Bobby Bare & Jeannie Bare & Bobby Bare, Jr.]

I guess you've heard that baby's now a singer
You hear her records on the radio
She wears rhinestone jeans and turquoise on her finger
Oh, but she don't bake no biscuits anymore.

I guess our friends and neighbors think it's funny
To see me hang these diapers every day
But Lord that woman's sendin' home the money
So there ain't too damn much a man can say.

Oh, while she's climbin' the ladder I'm climbin' the wall
A hopin' that she'll reach the top but prayin' that she'd fall
When your love's in showbiz Lord there ain't much love at all
While she's a climbin' the ladder I'm climbin' the wall.

She wears her hair pulled up high like Dolly
And Loretta's exdriver drives her bus
And all the kids and me we only see her on TV
Now watch close kids she's gonna sing one song for us.
There she is, ain't she pretty?

I wanna go home again where the fields are so green
I wanna go home again where the air's fresh and clean
Where all my loved ones wait and there's true lovin' friend
And life is simple sweet so I wanna go home again.

I wanna go home again where the fields are so green
I wanna go home again where the air's fresh and clean
Where all my loved ones wait and there's true lovin' friend
And life is simple sweet so I wanna go home again...

 

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"Cold And Lonely City"

"Cold And Lonely City"



Big, old, cold and lonely city
Once I've thought you're pretty
But now you're not pretty anymore
Your tall buildings, flashing neon signs
Captured every dream of mine
And I came knocking on your heartless door.

I had visions of success
Planned my wealth and happiness
Can't we safely say I've been a fool
Like a fool I thought you had a heart
You tore my thoughts and dreams apart
Oh, cold and lonely city you've been cruel.

I fell in love, you watched me fall
I married in your City Hall
Couldn't hold your city girl
That wanted your big city world.

My best was just not good enough
I must admit you were too much
Concrete hearts are hard and cold as ice
Now I'm a going back where I should be
To mom and dad 'cause they love me
You cold and lonely city, it's been nice...

 

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"Cold Day In Hell"

"Cold Day In Hell"



It'll be cold day in hell when I fall the way I fell for that woman
Ain't gonna fall that way no more
Be snowin' in July when I take the time to cry for that woman
Ain't gonna cry that way no more.

The sea's got a witch it can cast a spell on you make me follow her anywhere
She took me by the hand and led me through the dark since she left me there
Alone and cold and prayin' for her
Cold day in hell of the stories I could tell about that woman
Ain't gonna fall that way no more.

Gonna be scorcher in October the day that I get older lovin' that woman
Ain't gonna love like that no more
Gonna be snowin' in July when I take the time to cry for that woman
Ain't gonna cry that way no more.

It'll be cold day in hell when I fall the way I fell for that woman
Ain't gonna fall that way no more.

Ain't gonna fall that way no more...

 

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"Come Kiss Me Love"

"Come Kiss Me Love"



Come kiss me love before you leave me
Come kiss the one you have betrayed
And when I'm dead my love come and see me
And toss sweet flowers upon my grave.

Once I loved you with all my heart and soul
I thought your love was all for me
Until a stranger came and caught your eye
I found you cared no more for me.

Many's the nights with you I've rambled
Many's the nights with you I've strayed
Thinkin' your love was mine forever
And now I find it all in vain...

 

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"Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy"

"Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy"



I hear that your new romance has faded
Just the way ours did sometime ago
Well, I've lost count of all the times I've waited
For you to tell me that you've missed me so.

Now come on home and sing the blues to daddy
When things ain't working out the way you planned
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy
Tell it all to one who'll understand.

Like a child who's found a brand new plaything
Each one is more fun than those before
But there's a faithful one who's always waitin'
To be picked up and kicked around some more.

Now, won't you come on home and sing the blues to daddy
When things ain't working out the way you planned
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy
Tell it all to one who'll understand.

Come on home and sing the blues to daddy
When things ain't working out the way you planned
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy
Tell it all to one who'll understand...

 

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"Come Sundown"

"Come Sundown"



I heard the front door closing softly
As I wakened from my sleep
With the last touch of her lips Lord
Like a whisper on my cheek.

And I cursed the sun for rising
For the worst, Lord, is yet to come
'Cause this morning she's just leaving
But come sundown she'll be gone.

See the lipstick on the pillow
That I placed beneath her head
And the soft sheets still feel warm, Lord
Where she lay upon my bed.

And it hurts to know it's over
For the hurt, Lord, has just begun
'Cause this morning she's just leaving
But come sundown she'll be gone...