Small Town Talk

+ Street People

(Bobby Charles)

Hanging out with the street people they got it down

Hanging out with the street people drifting from town to town

Got a job at a nursery, but they just didn't like what I grow

They called the man and ran me off and said don't come back no more

Hanging out with the street people they got it down

Hanging out with the street people drifting from town to town

Who's gonna work and let the economy grow if we all hang out in the street

Well I don't know and I don't care just as long as it ain't me

Hanging out with the street people they got it down

Hanging out with the street people drifting from town to town

What a great place to know what I know, I'm happy where I'm at

Some people would rather work, we need people like that

What a great place to know what I know, I'm happy where I'm at

Some people would rather work, we need people like that

I'm glad I'm a street people, have it no other way

And I'm gonna stay a street people till my dying day

Just hanging out,

Got nothing else to do,

Got any spare change buddy

+ Can't Pin a Color

(Bobby Charles)

Been so busy making honey

Somebody’s busy making mine

I’m busy making someone elses

So, everything is working out just fine

One lie leads to another

Like every ball needs to go down

Tell a friend your deepest darkest secrets

Watch how fast it spreads all over town

Everybody cheats, everybody's high on something

Everybody needs more and more and more

Baby I need some more of your sweet lovin

You cant pin a color on another

Everybody gets the blues

Everybody I know is crazy

Everybody includes me too

Everybody cheats, everybody's hiding something

Everybody needs more and more and more

Baby I need some more of your sweet lovin

Everybody cheats, everybody is hiding something

Everybody needs more and more and more

Baby I need some more of your sweet lovin

You cant pin a color on another

Everybody gets the blues

Everybody I know is crazy

Everybody includes me too

Everybody includes me too

+ String of Hearts

(Bobby Charles)

Like petals from a rose

You fell into my world

And tied me up in curls

Like a string of hearts

The moonbeams falling from the skies

And settle softly in your dreamy eyes

Like a string of hearts

I think I finally found my island (island)

I think I finally found my dream (dream)

I think finally found what I've been searching for

Like petals from a rose

You fell into my world

And tied me up in curls

Like a string of hearts

A moonbeam falling from the skies

And settle softly in your dreamy eyes

Like a string of hearts

I think I finally found my answer

I think I finally found myself

I think finally found somebody

I think I finally found my island (island)

I think I finally found my myself (self)

I think finally found somebody (somebody)

Like petals from a rose

You fell into my world

And tied me up in curls

+ I Spent All My Money

(Bobby Charles)

I spent all my money lovin’ you

Like a fool, a crazy fool

I spent all my time being true

Like a fool, spent it all on you

Wined you and dined you, seven nights a week

Bought you diamonds for your fingers, and laid freedom at your feet

I gave you all the precious love, I had inside of me

And we were doing fine, till we ran out of wine

I spent my money lovin’ you

Like a fool, a crazy fool

And I spent all my time being true

Like a fool, spent it all on you

I bought you what you wanted, nothing but the best

I’d deprive myself of lots of things, I wanted for myself

I’m the one who opened up your door, and showed you the way And we were doing fine, till we ran out of wine

I spent my money lovin’ you

Like a fool, a crazy fool

And I spend all my time being true

Like a fool, spent it all on you

I spend all my time being true

Like a fool, a crazy fool

I spend all my time being true

Like a fool, spent it all on you

+ Cowboys and Indians

(Bobby Charles)

Cowboys and Indians couldn’t get along

Words were said

And blood was shed

The Indians lost their home

They had to move, move

They had to move away

They had to move, move

They had to change their ways

Love is blue, love is golden

Love’s uncoloured too

Love is truth, love’s uncertain

But if you love and lose

You'll have to move, move

You'll have to move away

You'll have to move, move

You'll have to change your ways

You'll have to move, move

You'll have to move away

You'll have to move, move

You'll have to change your ways

Music really touches me

Some songs make me cry

Well, this one is for all those gone

You got to move, move

You got to move away

You got to move, move

You got to change your way

You got to move, move

You got to move away

+ Homemade Songs

(Bobby Charles)

You asked me if I think I’ll ever

Make it back down home

I doubt it ‘cause I know I

don’t belong

I think I’m gonna stay right here

Cause here’s where I belong

Stayin’ stoned and singin’

Homemade songs

I only know one thing for certain

That I’ve been down so long I’m hurtin’

You never could accept my ways

To you I’m always wrong

Forget about the past now

Cause it’s gone

You wonder how I spend my time

And how I get along

Stayin’ stoned and singin’

Homemade songs

I only know one thing for certain

That I’ve been down so long I’m hurtin’

You never could accept my ways

To you I’m always wrong

Forget about the past now

Cause it’s gone

You wonder how I spend my time

And how I get along

Stayin’ stoned and singing old man songs

Stayin’ stoned and singing old man songs

Stayin’ stoned and singing old man songs

+ Long Face

(Bobby Charles)

You got a long face

Your heads in the wrong place

But I can help you find it if you want

You musn't jive me

You musn't deprive me

You got to give me all of the love I want

I don't want the kind who thinks she's fine, and all she needs is love

I want one that can clean up, love and cook

You musn't tease me

You got to please me

Cause things ain't gonna work out if you don't

Don't try to fool me

And don't try to rule me

You got to give me all the love I want

I don't want to hear about the places you could be right now

I could also be someplace else,

And I don't wan't to hear about the good times that you used to have

Cause just like you I had a few myself

You got a long face

Your heads in the wrong place

But I can help you find it if you want

You musn't jive me

You musn't deprive me

You got to give me all of the love I want

You got to give me all of the love I want

You got to give me all of the love I want

+ Small Town Talk

(Bobby Charles)

It's only small town talk

You know how people are

They can't stand to see you

Being who you are

It's only small town talk

Don't pay it no mind

Don't believe a word they say

They do it to you every time

You can't believe everything you hear

Only half of what you might see

But if you have to believe in anyone

I'd believe, darling, believe in me

It's only small town talk

A well-known fact

You don't even know

How one other might react

To what you're thinking

What are they thinking

It's only small town talk

They're telling all the lies

And make some people crazy

They don't realize we're still thinking

We're only people, trying to live together

We're trying to make this little life work

Who are we to judge one another

It may lead to tears or maybe something even worse

It's only small town talk

You know how people are

They can't stand to see you

Being just exactly who you are

It's small town talk

Pittle, pattle, it's small town talk

Tittle, tattle, it's small town talk

+ I Don't Want to Know

(Bobby Charles)

I don't wanna know

Who he's seein' now

Or how she's gettin' by

I might start to cry

And I might never stop

And I don't wanna go

To New Orleans no more

I am to0 afraid

I might see his face

That I couldn't take

Please don't say a word

Or what you might have heard

Don't even say his name

I don't wanna hear

It might bring the tears

And I don't need the pain

Please don't make me go

To New Orleans no more

I am so afaid

I might see his face

And that I couldn't take

(Instrumental)

Please don't say a word

Or what you might have heard

Don't even say his name

I don't wanna hear

It might bring the tears

And I don't need the pain

And please don't make me go

Back to New Orleans no more

I am so afaid

I might see his face

That I couldn't take

(Instrumental)

+ But I Do

(Bobby Charles)

I don't know why I love you but I do

I don't know why I cry so but I do

I only know I'm lonely and that I want you only

I don't know why I love you but I do

I can't sleep nights because I feel so restless

I don't know what to do, I feel so helpless

And since you've been away, I cry both night and day

I don't know why I love you but I do

My days have been so lonely

My nights have been so blue

I don't know how I stand it, but I do

Each night I sit alone and tell myself

That I will fall in love with someone else

I guess I'm wastin' time but I've got to clear my mind

I don't know why I love you but I do

My days have been so lonely

My nights have been so blue

I don't know how I stand it, but I do

Each night I sit alone and tell myself

That I will fall in love with someone else

I guess I'm wastin' time but I've got to clear my mind

I don't know why I love you but I do

+ Love in the Worst Degree

(Bobby Charles)

I’ve been up, I’ve been down

I’ve been lost, I’ve been found

I’ve been in and out of love all my life

Just when I thought I was finally free

I fell in lovr in the worst degree

Fell in love in the worst degree

Fell in love in the worst degree

Not the third or the second

Not even the first

Fell in love in the worst degree

Just when I thought I was doing just fine

And everything was coming my way

Well it was coming my way alright

But I didn’t know

That I would carry it to my grave

I fell in love in the worst degree

Fell in love in the worst degree

Not the third or the second

Not even the first

I fell in love in the worst degree

Well I was havin’ a ball, I was doing alright

I had a different one every night

Then like a bolt of lightning

Put me under your spell

It touched me for the rest of my life

Now love can be heaven – love can be hell

Love can be the life

Just when I thought

I was heavenly bound

I fell in hell for the rest of my life

I fell in love in the worst degree

Fell in love in the worst degree

Not the third or the second

Not even the first

I fell in love in the worst degree

Fell in love in the worst degree

Fell in love in the worst degree

Not the third or the second

Not even the first

I fell in love in the worst degree

+ Save Me Jesus

(Bobby Charles)

They got sisters and brothers

Fighting against one another

They got dreams and schemes and build war machines

To try to outdo each other

We got children that are starving, but that don't bother them

They're much too busy getting rich to worry about the little children

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus, Jesus save me

From this God forsaken place

They got satellites and spaceships flying across the universe

They killed before and they'll kill again

Just so they can say they're first

They build monuments and churches

And things I ain't seen yet

And they've signed them all with their autograph incase you might forget

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus, Jesus save me

From this God forsaken place

And lord when it's all over,

They'll think you should be proud

And there'll be a few who'll offer you anything for your job

So when you take me Jesus, please put me among friends,

Don't put me back with these power crazy money lovers again

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus, Jesus save me

From this God forsaken place

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus, Jesus save me

From this God forsaken place

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

Save me Jesus

+ Smile (So Glad)

(Bobby Charles)

God Bless, the gift of lifetime

Thank god for world of song

God Bless the day I found you

And I'm so glad you came aong

I swear, I never felt like this before

You walked right through my door

And gave your love to me

Well I feel good, so good inside

I forgot just how to cry

All I ever do is smile

Well I swear that I never felt like this before

You walked right through my door

And gave your love to me

Oh, I feel good

So good inside

I forgot just how to cry

All I ever do is smile

Oh, I feel good

I feel good

I feel good, alright

I feel good

I feel good, alright

I feel good

I feel good, alright

I feel good

Alright, alright

I feel good

I feel good

+ I Must Be in a Good Place Now

(Bobby Charles)

Wild apple trees blooming all around

I must be in a good place now

Sunshine coming through

Rainbow coloured sky

Paints pretty pictures in my mind

Oh what a good day to go fishing

And catch the sunset in the hills

Dream of my yesterdays and tomorrow

And hope that you'll be with me still

Saw a butterfly and I named it after you

Your name has such a pleasant sound

Love is all around and all I see is you

I must be in a good place now

Oh what a good day to go fishing

And catch the sunset in the hills

Dream of my yesterdays and tomorrow

And hope that you'll be with me still

Saw a butterfly and I named it after you

Your name has such a pleasant sound

Love is all around and all I see is you

I must be in a good place now

I must be in a good place now