Bobby Bare

[fox69]

"Everybody's Talkin'"

"Everybody's Talkin'"



Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind

People stoppin', starin'
Can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off of the northeast wind
Sailin' on summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a stone

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off of the northeast wind
Sailin' on summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a stone

Everybody's talkin' at me
Can't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind

Don't wanna leave your love behind
No, don't wanna leave your love behind
Don't leave

 

[fox69]

"Fairy Tale"

"Fairy Tale"


[Liz]

Fairy tale, fairy tale, tell me now a fairy tale
Tell me once again how it's me that you adore
And how we gonna live so happily for ever more.

Once upon a time not very long ago
The whole magic world was mine
You made me believe then that you loved me so
But that was once upon a time.

For you never loved me so you went away
My whole magic world fell in
That's when I found out you made up fairy tales
Better than the Brothers Grim.

Fairy tale, fairy tale, tell me now a fairy tale
Tell me once again how it's me that you adore
And how we gonna live so happily for ever more.

Wish you tell me what am I suppose to do
With a castle in the air
Filled with broken dreams that never can come true
Since you are no longer there.

Though I know you just don't love me anymore
Please help me to pretend
Take me in your arms the way you did before
And tell a fairy tale again.

Fairy tale, fairy tale, tell me now a fairy tale
Tell me once again how it's me that you adore
And how we gonna live so happily for ever more.

Fairy tale, fairy tale, tell me now a fairy tale
Tell me once again how it's me that you adore
And how we gonna live so happily for ever more...

 

[fox69]

"Family Bible"

"Family Bible"



(Rock of ages cleft for me.)

There's a family Bible on the table
Its pages torn and hard to read
But the family Bible on the table
Will ever be my key to memory.

'Cause at the end of day when work was over
And when the evening meal was done
Dad would read to us from the family Bible
And we'd count our many blessings one by one.

I can see us sitting round the table
When from the family Bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing
Rock of ages, rock of ages cleft for me.

Now this old world of ours is full of trouble
But this old world would also better be
If it had more Bibles on the tables
And mothers singing rock of ages cleft for me.

Rock of ages, rock of ages cleft for me...

 

[fox69]

"Farewell Angelina"

"Farewell Angelina"



Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown
Have been stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles, and the trumpets play slow
Farewell, Angelina, the sky's on fire and I must go

There's no need for anger, there's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove, everything's still the same
Just a table that's empty by the edge of the sea
Farewell, Angelina the sky is trembling, and I must leave

The Jacks and the queens have forsaken the courtyard
52 gypsies now fight passed the guards
In a space where the dukes and the ace once ran wild
Farewell, Angelina, the sky is folding I'll see you in a while

See the cross-eyed pirates sitting birched in the sun
Shooting 10 cans with a sort-of shot-gun
And the neighbors they clap and they cheer with each blast
Farewell, Angelina, the sky's changing colors and I must leave fast

Hang calm, little elves on the roof tops they dance
Valentino-type tangos while they make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead, not to embarrass anyone
Farewell, Angelina, the sky's embarrassed and I must be gone

The machine guns are roaring, the puppet, she rocks
Avenge nailing time-bombs to the hands of the clock
Call me any name you like, I will never deny
Farewell, Angelina, the sky's erupting, I must go where it's quiet

Farewell, Angelina, the sky is on fire and now I must go

 

[fox69]

"Farmer Feeds Us All"

"Farmer Feeds Us All"



We worked through spring and winter through the summer and through the fall
But the mortage worked hardest and the steadiest of us all
It worked on nights and Sundays worked each holiday
It's settled now among us and it never went away
The farmer comes to town with his wagon broken down
The farmer is the man who feeds us all
If you'd only look and see I know you will agree
That the farmer is the man who feeds us all
Yeah the farmer is the man the farmer is a man buys on his credit till the fall
Then they take him by the hand and they lead him from his land
And the merchant he's the man who gits it all

The banker says he's broke the grocer's up in smoke
They forget that it's farmer feeds us all
If we'd put them to the test if the farmer took a rest
Then they'd know that it's the farmer feeds us all
Yeah the farmer is the man the farmer is the man lives on his credit until Fall
Well his pants're wearin' thin his condition it's a sin
Because the taxes on the farmer feeds us all
I said the farmer is the man the farmer is the man the farmer is the man who feeds us all

 

[fox69]

"February Snow"

"February Snow"



Come sit beside me and I'll sing you one last song
For you to carry with you as you go
And I'll remember you here in the frosty dawn
And the lightly falling February snow.

For tomorrow you'll be rolling somewhere light and free
Somewhere where these chilly winds don't blow
And maybe now and then you'll stop and think of me
And the lightly falling February snow.

Don't ask me where the magic moments all have gone
You know you don't really want to know
And your memory of me is gonna last
As long as the early meltin' February snow.

I guess there ain't no use for us to try to talk
We maybe should have tried it long ago
But now all the summer pathways where we used to walk
Are covered by the February snow.

Oh, I really hope you'll find your garden in the sun
And that'll help your pretty flowers grow
And maybe I'll just be remembered as the one
Who saw you through the February snow.

So come sit beside me and I'll sing you one last song
For you to carry with you as you go
And I'll remember you here in the frosty dawn
And the lightly falling February snow...

 

[fox69]

"Find Out What's Happening"

"Find Out What's Happening"



Baby, you know me well
You know I mean what I say
Before I say farewell
I'll give you just one more day.

So you can find out what's happening
Find out what's happening before long
If you don't find out what's happening
You're gonna find out that I'm gone.

Tell me what you're gonna do
You better make up your mind
It all depends on you
Or I'm leaving you behind.

You'd better find out what's happening
Find out what's happening before long
If you don't find out what's happening
You're gonna find out that I'm gone.

Baby you know it's true
We've been through thick and thin
But if you don't come through
You won't ever see me again.

You'd better find out what's happening
Find out what's happening before long
If you don't find out what's happening
You're gonna find your daddy gone.

Find out what's happening.
Find out what's happening.
Find out what's happening...

 

[fox69]

"Finger On The Button"

"Finger On The Button"



I have appointed me the captain of my destiny
And proclaimed myself the pilot of my soul
But my mind remains uneasy cause the rest of me
Depends on someone I don't even know.

May the man who has his finger on the button have a lovely day today
Hope nothing hangs him up or ticks him off or bums him out in any way
Lord, help him keep his cool cause he could pull the final curtain on my play
May the man who has his finger on the button have a lovely day today.

I can recall when only God could start the world anew
He who left his babies wasted on the shore
But now that man could have the last word if he wanted to
God ain't such a bad dude anymore.

May the man who has his finger on the button have a lovely night tonight
Hope he's got himself a honey who knows what to do and I hope she does it right
And in my heart I know you won't go bananas and again he might
May the man who has his finger on the button have a lovely night tonight.

May the man who has his finger on the button have a lovely night tonight
Hope he's got himself a honey who knows what to do and I hope she does it right
And in my heart I know you won't go bananas and again he might
May the man who has his finger on the button have a lovely night tonight.

Send him over anything he wants give him a sixpack of beer
Give him my old lady my girl friend...

 

[fox69]

"Folsom Prison Blues"

"Folsom Prison Blues"



I hear that train a comin', rollin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
And that train keeps a movin' on down to San Antone.

When I was a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
But I shot a cat in Reno just to watch him die
Yeah, I know I had it comin', I hang my head and cry.

I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
Prob'ly drinkin' coffeee and smokin' big cigars
Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison that's where I'll always be
And them people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me.

Yeah, if they freed me from this prison and that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I long to stay
Yeah, I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away...

 

[fox69]

"Food Blues"

"Food Blues"



I was waitin' in Rosie's Restaurant
When the waiter came up and said what do you want
I looked at the menu and it looked so nice
Till he said lemme give you some advice.

He said spaghetti and potatoes got too much starch
Pork chops and sausage are bad for your heart
There's hormones in chicken and beef and veal
Bowl of ravioli is a dead man's meal.

Bread got preservatives there's nitrites in ham
Artificial coloring in jellies and jam
Stay away from donuts run away from pie
Pepperoni pizza is a sure way to die.

Sugar rots your teeth and makes you put on weight
But artificial sweetener's got cyclamates
Eggs got cholesterol, there's fat in cheese
Coffee ruins your kidneys and so does tea.

Fish got mercury, red meat is poison
Salt's gonna send your blood pressure risin'
Hot dogs and bologna got deadly red dyes
Vegetables and fruits are sprayed with pesticides.

So I said what can I eat that's gonna make me last
He said a small drink of water in a sterilized glass
And then he stopped and he thought for a minute
And said never mind the water, there's carcinogenics in it.

So I got up from the table and walked out in the street
Realizin' there was nothin' I could eat
I ain't eaten for a month and I'm feeling fine
'Cause he did not mention beer, whiskey, women and sweet red wine...