Bobby Bare

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Countin' The Hours Countin' The Days"

"Countin' The Hours Countin' The Days"

Countin' the hours, countin' the days till I'll be back in your arms to stay
I left Lake Charles on 71 and I drove the Highway 10
Took a right at a second light and I turn back right again
Drove till I came to the junction 6 where it turned into 501
Stopped for gas at the Cumberland pass and again in Burlington
Countin' the hours, countin' the days till I'll be back in your arms to stay.

Now out of Burlington I took old 70 headed west
I found me a picnic table and stretched out and I took a rest
I drove on across Montana dam till I came to Lake Wahoo
Took the ferry to the other side I was a coming home to you
Countin' the hours, countin' the days till I'll be back in your arms to stay.

Countin' the hours, countin' the days till I'll be back in your arms to stay...

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Crazy Again"

"Crazy Again"

I don't wonna rock'n roll but I can't help it
Gonna be the death of me if I let it
I think I'm wearin' down I think I'm cravin' in
But you see me on the street tonight crazy again.

Yeah, I'm feelin' kinda weak mhm my head's achin'
Lord I can't stand on my feet my knees're shakin'
Lord I'm gettin' kinda pale and a lookin' kinda thin
But you see me on the street tonight crazy again.

You know I try to believe in good time
But I can't seem to settle down
I wanna get my life together
But I think I'm losin' think I'm losin' ground.

Lord, I try to stay at home but I can't do it
I'd leave the girls alone but I can't stand it
If I get on my feet I make it if I can
But you see me on the street tonight crazy again...

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Daddy What If"

"Daddy What If"

(Daddy what if the sun stop shinin', what would happen then?)

If the sun stopped shinin' you'd be so surprised
You'd stare at the heavens with wide open eyes
And the wind would carry your light to the skies
And the sun would start shinin' again.

(Daddy what if the wind stopped blowin', what would happen then?)

If the wind stopped blowin' then the land would be dry
And your boat wouldn't sail son and your kite wouldn't fly
And the grass would see your troubles and she'd tell the wind
And the wind would start blowin' again.

(But daddy, what if the grass stopped growin', what would happen then?)

If the grass stopped growin' why you'd probably cry
And the ground would be watered by the tears from your eyes
And like your love for me the grass would grow so high
Yes, the grass would start growin' again.

(But daddy. what if I stopped lovin' you, what would happen then?)

If you stopped lovin' me then the grass would stop growin'
The sun would stop shinin' and the wind would stop blowin'
So you see if you wanna keep this old world a goin'
You better start lovin' me again, again, you better start lovin' me again.

You hear me Bobby, you better start lovin' me again.
You love me Bobby, you better start lovin' me again...

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Daddy's Been Around The House Too Long"

"Daddy's Been Around The House Too Long"

(Daddy's been around the house too long
He's watchin' TV drinking beer and singing crazy songs
He don't ever yell at us so something must be wrong
Cause daddy's been around the house too long)

(Daddy he just says the times are bad
He gets up drinks his coffee and reads the want ads
Then he wanders round the house or maybe mows the lawn
Daddy's been around the house too long)

Oh I wanna hear that factory whistle blow just the way it used to sound before
And maybe it'll scare away the wolf that's at my door
I wanna hear that factory whistle blow

(Daddy used to spend his weekends lazy now momma says he's bout to drive her crazy
He's in the kitchen fussing till the Secret Storm comes on
Daddy's been around the house too long)
I wanna hear that factory whistle blow yeah daddy's been around the house too long

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Darby's Castle"

"Darby's Castle"

See the ruins on the hill where the smoke is hanging still
Like an echo of an age long forgotten
There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones
And the roof that fell before the beams were rotten.

Seems old Darby loved his wife and he labored all his life
To provide her with material possessions
And he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone
And the building soon became his sole obsession.

Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
And the silhouette was seen for miles around
And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky
But it only took one night to bring it down
When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground.

Though they shared the common bed there was precious little said
In the moments that were set aside for sleeping
For his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build
And he never heard young Helen Darby weeping.

Then one night he heard the sound and as he laid his pencil down
He traced it to her door and turned the handle
And the pale light of the moon through the window of her room
Split the shadows where two bodies lay in tangle.

Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
And the silhouette was seen for miles around
And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky
But it only took one night to bring it down
When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground...

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Dark As A Dungeon"

"Dark As A Dungeon"

Come listen you fellows so young and so fine
And seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mine
It will form as a habit and seep in your soul
'Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal

It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

It's many a man I've known in my day
Who lived just to labor his young life away
Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine

It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner a-digging my bones

It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Dear John Letter"

"Dear John Letter"

[Skeeter]
Dear John oh how I hate to write dear John I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has died away like grass upon the lawn
And tonight I wed another dear John
[Bobby]
I was overseas in battle when the postman came to me
He handed me a letter and I was just as happy as I could be
Cause the fighting was all over and the battles have all been won
But then I opened up the letter and that started dear John
Won't you please send back my picture my husband wants it now
When I tell you who I'm wedding you won't care dear anyhow
And it hurts me so to tell ye that my love for you has gone
But tonight I wed your brother dear John
[Skeeter]
And tonight I wed another dear John

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Dear Wastebasket"

"Dear Wastebasket"

I've been writin' Mary Lou letters every day
But I just found out lately how she throws them all away
She don't even bother to read the things I say
So I'm gonna write just one last time and I'll begin this way.

I'll say, oh dear wastebasket care of Mary Lou
If you see her say, I need her like I'll always do
She won't read my letters, now I write to you
Dear wastebasket care of Mary Lou.

No she don't even bother to read the things I say
So I'm gonna write just one last time and I'll begin this way...

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Deepening Snow"

"Deepening Snow"

It's snowing out there in the gloaming
I've sat here and watched it all night
Little kids will be thrilled when they awaken
And look at the fields deep and white.

But the snow makes me think of my darling
How she hated the snow and the cold
Now she lies in a grave back in Knoxville
With a headstone that's just one year old.

Please make the winter go quick, Lord
So the flowers around her can grow
I can't stand the thought of my loved one
Lying there in the deepening snow.

Little Nancy climbs upon my knee now
And I guess she's much too young to know
That the kiss I give was meant for her mother
Lying there in the deepening snow.

Please make the winter go quick, Lord
So the flowers around her can grow
I can't stand the thought of my loved one
Lying there in the deepening snow.

Lying there in the deepening snow...

fox69 · 10.03.2016

"Delia's Gone"

"Delia's Gone"

Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.

First time I shot Delia
Shot her in the side
The second time I shot her
She laid right down and died
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.

The reason I shot my Delia
She cursed such an evil curse
And if I hadn't shot her
I believe she'd done me worse
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.

I went down to the graveyard
To look at my Delia's face
I said, "Delia gal I love you
And I wish I could take your place."
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.

On Monday I was arrested
Tuesday my case was tried
The jurymen found me guilty
Brought teardrops in my eyes
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.

Jailer, oh jailer
Tell me how can I sleep
When all around my bedside
I can hear little Delia's feet
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.

Some gave Delia a dollar
Some gave her two or three
I didn't give Delia a penny
'Cause she belonged to me
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone.
Delia's gone one more round, Delia's gone...