Bobby, Baby
Lera Lynn * Track #5 On Have You Met Lera Lynn?
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Bobby, Baby by Lera Lynn
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Lera LynnAbout
Lynn gained respect early in her career with her 2011 LP release, Have You Met Lera Lynn? The collection included her song “Bobby, Baby,” which won Merlefest’s 2011 Chris Austin Songwriting Competition (an honor she shared with Gillian Welch and Tift Merritt) and best alternative country song at th...
Bobby, Baby Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a bump on the hill where your body lies
There's a stone in the ground reads "This man did try"
If you look to the east, you see your estate
Weathered and hollowed out by your mistakes
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh Bobby, baby, we all know the truth
You were looking for love in all the bad that you do
Bobby, baby, we all know the deal
Your row was hard and long and straight up a hill
[Chorus]
Your mother was gone
Your daddy did wrong
Your brother died by his own hand
Your wife tried so long
But you, she disowned
Your daughter was lost with your land
With your land
[Verse 2]
Every once in awhile I still can see
Your blue eyes searching a way to be free
And I go to your grave bottle in hand
And pour out your freedom right there in the sand
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh Bobby, baby, we all know the truth
You were looking for love in all the bad that you do
Bobby, baby, we all know the deal
Your row was hard and long and straight up a hill
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Your mother was gone
Your daddy did wrong
Your brother died by his own hand
Your wife tried so long
But you she disowned
Your daughter was lost with your land
With your land