Тексты песен «Bobby Bare»

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...

Her house on the corner of Cedar and Elm Still stands in our town But it's been empty since she moved away The day that the saw mill closed down We'd sit on her porch almost every night I remember how happy we...

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 I was overseas in battle when the postman came to...

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...

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...

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...

I wanna go home I wanna go home Ohh how I wanna go home Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother I dreamed...

What happened Just like everybody else Laid us off Been there twenty-one years and got laid off Why Reduction in force and cut back on everythin' I don't know what it's comin'...

Breakfast black coffee one slice of dry toast no butter no jelly no jam Lunch just some lettuce two celery stalks no booze no potatoes no ham Dinner one chicken wing broiled not fried no gravy no biscuits no pie And...

Don't it make you wanna go home now don't it make you wanna go home All God's children get weary when they roam Don't it make you wanna go home don't it make you wanna go home Oh the whippoorwill roosts on the...

For a long long time now just about every night You found some excuse not to hold me tight No matter what I do you sit and pout don't let that doorknob hit you going out Don't let that doorknob hit you going out...

There ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe it don't matter nayhow And there ain't no use to sit and wonder why babe if you don't know by now When the rooster crows at the break of dawn look out your window I'll be...

I see your van you're a guitar man it's written all over your face To make it big you quit your gig a playin' bass at the airbase You've come to town you've been turned down but it's just a question of taste Don't...

A scarecrow and yellow moon and road house on the edge of town Hear that midnight rooster crow well I have one more before I go But Honey don't turn out the light cause I think I'm in the mood for love tonight The...

You make my eyes run over all the time you're happy when I'm out of my mind You don't love me yet you won't let me be don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me You must think I look bad with a smile For you haven't let...

I'm down in Mexico had to go won't be home no more I want mom and dad to know I miss and love them so Though I'll never see them anymore The day that I turned twenty one I could hardly wait To say goodbye to mom...

Here I sit, in this gin mill an empty in my hand The telephones three steps away but I can hardly stand Got five pennies in my pocket but Lord I'm gonna need ten Cause I gotta phone my baby to come and pick me up...

[ Both ] Sweet dream babby sweet dream baby sweet dream baby how long must I dream Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams nighttime too I love you and...

You sit there a crying cry in your beer You think you got troubles well my friend listen here Don't tell me your troubles I got enough of my own Be thankful you're living drink up and go home I'm fresh out of prison...

Drinkin' from the bottle and singin' from the heart Cryin' blues in motel rooms Lord the hard times weren't that hard And some fell in and some fell out and some just fell apart Drinkin' from the bottle and singin'...