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Bobby Abbott – Best v1

Release Date: April 15, 2024
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Produced by Bob Abbott | © & Ⓟ 2024 Their Records | All Rights Reserved

Notes

Guitars, piano, bass, organ, vocals – Bobby Abbott
Drums/percussion – Bobby Abbott
Additional guitars and bass – Ofden Bathes

Remixed at Abbsong Studio Phoenix, AZ 2024
Remastered by Bobby Abbott with Ozone v10 at Abbsong Studio Phoenix, AZ 2024

Lyrics

I Don't Want To Say Goodbye - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
Eighty degrees, end of a week
and I have you out for the night
and we act thirteen maybe a little obscene
but nothing serious inside, nothing inside

Chorus
But now I don’t wanna say goodbye
crazy people do this kind of thing all the time
no I don’t wanna say goodbye to last night

Verse
I haven’t held you enough, to have this kind of crush
and I tell you I’m feeling so
I had my life in gear my calendar was clear
I had no reason to change a note, change a note

Chorus
But now I don’t wanna say goodbye
crazy people do this kind of thing all the time
no I don’t wanna say goodbye to last night

Verse
They say you can’t go fast, and it will never last
but we don’t listen to what they say
It’s just a fantasy, that your heart believes
You’re making a big mistake, it’s a mistake

Chorus
Cause now I don’t wanna say goodbye
crazy people do this kind of thing all the time
no I don’t wanna say goodbye to last night


Bottle of Gin - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
How many times have you said goodbye
I’m losing track, and I’m losing my mind
I lack the wisdom to understand
but I take your shit like a man

Chorus
I can’t distinguish in fire and ice
I should listen to my own advice
if this is love, I’m sick of it
yeah I could do better, I could do better
with a bottle of gin

Verse
I see through the truth and I see through the lies
but now I’m lookin’, for some blue skys
I’m tired of “love” I’m tired of deceit
And now I don’t know, what to believe

Chorus
How many times will you say those words
girl you’re puttin’ me in a world of hurt
If this is love, I’m sick of it
’cause I could do better, I could do better

Bridge
Dream in the sunlight for happier days
Lord part the clouds, stop the rain, rain

Verse
Is it too late to, start over again
sittin’ in bars every weekend
the kids are grown, am I out the door
tell me, will it be just like before

Chorus
What’s the difference in fire and ice
I should’ve listend to my own advice
if this is love, I’m sick of it
yeah I could do better, I could do better
with a bottle of gin…yeah Tanqueray


Got To Get Back - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
All the way from California I have come
Burnt across the desert facing the eastern sun

Chorus
Got to get back got to get back I think I’m late
Got to get back got to get back, back today

Verse
Goodbye, goodbye Los Angeles you’ve got me on the run
Why do you make me feel like I’m losin’ when I’ve really won

Chorus
Got to get back got to get back I think I’m late
Got to get back got to get back back today

Bridge
Day after day rolls by they add up to weeks
How can I function now when I’m clouded with dreams, dreams yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Verse
Goodbye, goodbye Los Angeles you’ve got me on the run
Why do you make me feel like I’m losin’ when I’ve really won

Chorus
Got to get back got to get back I think I’m late
Got to get back got to get back, back today

Bridge
Day after day rolls by they add up to weeks
How can I function now when I’m clouded with dreams, dreams, yeah

Verse
Crossed the state line and dropped down into New Mexico
Send our your banners put up your flags your boy is coming home, home

Chorus
Got to get back got to get back get out of my way
Got to get back got to get back gotta get
Got to get back got to get back gotta get
Got to get back got to get back back today


You Can Cry - by Bob Abbott and Jack Brown | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
You can cry, break your leg, kiss the stars baby, but we’ll still be dead
Wash my sheets, make my bed, live together, but still hang your head

Verse
Don’t be sorry, don’t say please, ‘cause you’re so good, at playing the tease
Sacrifice, make it right, open your heart, yeah do it for spite

Verse
You say tomorrow, I say today, sorry for everything, is all you say
I want forever, you want to play, okay baby well I can’t stay

Verse
We’re all alone, separate lives, it’s all over now baby, except goodbye,
Yes I drink all day, thoughts of you, daylight, new light, someone new, someone new



Garage Band - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
Just another car in the freeway traffic
just another garage band in a city full of two-car garages, garages
Just another light in a city full of lights
Just another kite in a sky dotted with kites a flyin’, a flyin’

Chorus
You don’t need no four eyed loud mouth a calling your name
you don’t need no stick of butter to get your way

Verse
Everyone’s a skeptic that knows what I can do
but they’d never bite down on what I can chew and spit out on you
Just another lover with something to say
just another garage band that’s ready to play while you get loose

Chorus
You don’t need no shiney uptown microphone
you don’t need no patty cake séance to get you known
you don’t need no daytime shit job to get you paid
you don’t need no Rainbow witches to get you laid

Verse
I don’t lay down the heat so I can live in Malibu
I don’t play and not eat to satisfy you only me, only me
Many nights of pain written in every line
just a lost in the crowd garage band in a city full of two-car garages

Chorus
You don’t need no five thousand dollars to buy a P.A.
you don’t need no five hundred miles of recordin’ tape



I Take It to Heart - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
When I think about the bull that you told me, I take it to heart
When I think about the lies that you sold me, I take it to heart

Chorus
And now it’s time to let you go
Suddenly I am left alone

Verse
All the songs I did until now I’ll file them away
All the projects I’ve kept putting off, I’ll start them today

Chorus
And though you made me lose my mind
It wasn’t me it was you all the time

I’m beginning to think that love was just a game with you

Verse
When I think about the love that was taken, and not given back
I take it to heart and you know that’s not where it’s at

Chorus
And though I’m lonely as hell tonight
Please don’t call ’cause I’ll be alright



Softest Kiss - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
she’s flower petals, morning light, pastel hair and lovin’ eyes
Golden bangles on her wrist, atom split, softest kiss

Chorus
gentle curves of innocence, soft caress of elegance
Golden bangles on her wrist, atom split, softest kiss

Verse
born again, eternal faith, flaxen hair across her face
jangle bangle passion rush, double take, unbridled lust…

Chorus
gentle curves of innocence, soft caress of elegance
Golden bangles on her wrist, atom split, softest kiss, softest kiss

Chorus
gentle curves of innocence, soft caress of elegance
Golden bangles on her wrist, atom split, softest kiss
born again, eternal faith, flaxen hair across her face
jangle bangle passion rush, double take, unbridled lust…



I'm Afraid of You - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
Why does this feeling of dread creep over me
Are your eyes blinded, why you cannot see
Surrounded by fools and the parasites
The truth will never leak out
Round and round as we circle the drain
And the endless lies spew from your mouth

Chorus
I’m afraid of you, I’m afraid of you, I’m afraid of you…

Verse
Not much of a stretch connect the dots
cause everyone get screwed the haves and have not’s
yeah I’m takin’ my wife gonna bug out of here
get caught up in the clouds
but you saps that are left behind
you better run you better watch out

Chorus
I’m afraid of you, I’m afraid of you, I’m afraid of you…

Verse
Trillions in debt and civil unrest
hardened hearts are all that is left
chaos and bedlam looters and thieves
kiss goodbye utopian dreams
when good is bad and bad is good
in a twinkling of an eye the trumpet sings

Chorus
I’m afraid of you…



You're Being So Sweet - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
You’re being so sweet
you’re being so good to me baby
so I know you must want something like you always do

Verse
You’re being so fine
you’re being so fine to me darling
so I know you must have a date with some other man
well hey is that the plan

Chorus
Now honey don’t you hide
and baby don’t you look away from me

Verse
You’re being so cool
you’re being so cool to me baby
you pretend to be innocent like you always do

Verse
You’re being so nice
you’re being so nice to me darling
I’m so so disappointed do you think it can’t end
well hey think again

Chorus
Now honey don’t you lie
and baby don’t you look away from me

Chorus
Now honey don’t you lie
and baby don’t you look away from me



It Doesn't Matter - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
Make friends with the Chinese, and sell out the Jews
Pull the plug on the ocean, and light the nuclear fuse
you can do anything, good or bad
but I know something, baby we’ve been had

Chorus
It doesn’t matter, no it doesn’t matter
No it doesn’t matter, no it doesn’t matter

Verse
You can have a girlfriend, or be a drag
You can live with the monkeys, go to church with your dad
to the beach on Monday, or watch TV
it doesn’t matter baby, it’s not up to me

Chorus
It doesn’t matter, no it doesn’t matter
No it doesn’t matter, no it doesn’t matter

Verse
Well the nature, of the human mind
Nobody understands it, not even Einstein
So have lunch with the premier, or go for a ride
roll down your windows baby, air-condition the sky

Chorus
It doesn’t matter, no it doesn’t matter
Nothin’ nothin’ matters, it doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter, nothin’ nothin’ matters
It doesn’t matter yeah, yeah



Do You Need the Words - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
We all know what they say about love
We’ll have our kicks and let it die
But girl I want more than that
Let’s take our time and make it right

Verse
As I lie here with the ceiling staring back at me
And though you’re silent, I know you’re awake
There no need for apologies
No excuse for those tears in your eyes

Chorus
Don’t give me those words
Don’t give me those words

Verse
The weather report said it’s gonna rain all night
And though I’m tired, I can’t fall asleep
If I could just get you out of my mind
And meet you later in a dream

Verse
Maybe we’re cruising along at different speeds
And maybe I just need more time
Can’t we get past this and see how it plays out
But I don’t wanna hurt you, I don’t wanna fight

Chorus
Don’t give me those words
I can’t handle those words
Do you need those words
Don’t give me those words
Don’t give me those words

Verse
I suppose tomorrow I’ll be leaving you
But I really don’t know why
Do I have to lie here and out guess your mind
Why can’t we make up or at least try

Chorus
Don’t give me those words
I can’t handle those words
Do you need those words
Don’t give me those words
Don’t give me those words

Verse
I suppose tomorrow I’ll be leaving you
But I really don’t know why
Do I have to lie here and out guess your mind
Why can’t we make up or at least try

Chorus
Don’t tell me those words
Don’t tell me those words
Don’t say those words
Don’t give me those words
Can’t handle those words
Don’t tell me those words



Got a Notion - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
Verse
Got a notion to say goodbye
Got a notion to let you fly away
Got a notion to let you know
Got a notion to let you blow away, yes away

Chorus
Nobody can ever be this way to me and no one can ever say those things to me
Yes I mean, yes I mean it, yes I do

Verse
So I got a notion

Chorus
Nobody can ever be this way to me and no one can ever say those things to me
Yes I mean, yes I mean it, yes I do

Verse
So I got a notion to let you know
Got a notion to let you blow away, yes away, away



Will You Ever - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
Now what’s inside your heart
won’t you tell me
I look into your eyes
but you’re so hard to read

You take me on a date
and we spend the night
You take me in your arms
but somethin’ ain’t right

Chorus
Will you ever tell me
tell me that you love me

Verse
Well do you have a pulse
are you cold as ice
what’s inside your heart
am I wastin’ time

Should I break it off
or should I play around
cause you commit to nothin’
you don’t make a sound

Chorus
will you ever love me
will you ever tell me

Chorus
Will you ever tell me
tell me that you love me
Will you ever tell me
tell me that you love me

Chorus
I’ve been waitin’ so long
waitin’, waitin’ so long

I’ve been waitin’ so long
waitin’, waitin’ so long

Will you ever kiss me
like you, like you love me

will you ever kiss me
like you, like you love me

Will you ever love me
Will you ever love me
Will you ever love me
Will you ever love me

Should we break it off
Should we call it quits
Should we break up
Should we hang it up

Somethin’ ain’t right
Somethin’ ain’t right
Somethin’ ain’t right

Should I break it off
I’ve been waitin’ so long



If There Were a Bridge - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
It’s a small town and I am a prisoner here
We are grains of sand in the middle of nowhere

Verse
Lots of big fish swim in this little pond
Just a pocket full of small change everyone

Chorus
And in my mind there is no doubt
That if there were a bridge in this pious little town
It would stand forever we can’t burn it down

Verse
See the rednecks born with their narrow minds
Watch ‘em wave at all the traffic going by

Verse
There is incest but we call it business
We are caged like mice in Peyton Place and we’re depressed oh, oh

Chorus
And in my mind there is no doubt
That if there were a bridge in this petty little town
It would stand forever we can’t burn it down, oh, oh

Chorus
And in my mind there is no doubt
That if there were a bridge in this paltry little town
It would stand forever we can’t burn it down, oh, oh



January - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
January a year ago I broke your heart
February first anniversary apart
yesterday I heard you’re over me I wish I could admit the same
but I didn’t love you and saying I did was being fake

Chorus
Everyday’s a instant replay
of every phony love scene play by play
now goodbye baby forgive me if I caused you pain

Verse
Well I remember you always wanted me to change
but I couldn’t mind you the more you pushed the less I gave
now and then I read the personals desperation on a page
but it’s so hard meeting a woman I don’t wanna play this game

Chorus
Every day’s a instant replay
of every guilty trip that I’ve traveled on
now goodbye heartache better off to be alone

Bridge
Well everybody dreams of meeting someone
our pockets full of hope and fairy tales
but open up your eyes this is real life
you know that half of every marriage fails

Verse
January a year ago I broke your heart
February now send your valentine a card
yesterday I heard you’re over me I wish I could admit the same
but I didn’t love you I knew I’d made a big mistake

Chorus
Every day’s an instant replay
of every phony love scene play by play
now goodbye baby sorry if I caused you pain

Bridge
Well everybody wants to get married
and everybody needs happiness
but open up your eyes this is real life
you know you’re waitin’ for your ship to come in



Disappear - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
I hate this town and I hate this scene
why so unhappy
I copped out should have followed by dream
why so unhappy

Chorus
Well I was born to rock and I was born to criticize
but I can’t point my finger if I’m guilty of the same crime
so I ask myself what I’m doing here
’cause really all I want is to disappear

Verse
Pompous yuppies with there Volvo keys
they look so happy
is it contempt I feel or jealousy
why so unhappy

Chorus
Well I was born to rock and I was born to resist
I made plenty of mistakes
but none of ’em compare to this
so I ask myself what I’m doing up here
cause really all I want is to disappear

Bridge
I was born to rock a natural cynic
and you can’t play music by sittin’ in college
it’s a unfair world it’s been unfair to me
gonna grind this ax gonna riot and mutiny

Verse
Think positive count your blessings
try to be happy
think of the good think of family
try to be happy

Chorus
but I was born to rock and I was born to criticize
I gotta chip on my shoulder I’m a victim of my own crime
so I ask myself what I’m doing here
cause really all I want is to disappear
it’s an unfair world it’s been unfair to me
gonna buck the system gonna riot and mutiny

gonna criticize
gonna mutiny
gonna riot
so unfair to me yeah yeah



Dance One More Time - by Bob Abbott | Published by Abbsong Music, BMI


Verse
This is a sinking ship, we sold out, we played politics
No thought to whether it’s right or it’s wrong
They got to keep their jobs, linin’ their pockets on us

Verse
The sky, while it’s blue today, but tomorrow will turn cold and gray,
We’re all guilty of negligence
Haven’t we heard it before, it’s at our children’s expense

Chorus
What this world needs now is one honest man,
To make sweet, sweet love to one honest women,
And I certify if we stand up and do what’s right,
Maybe she’ll dance one more, dance one more time

Verse
There is a file somewhere, with my number, color eyes and hair
Some clown, the power has gone to his head,
Who let the hypocrites out, who’s gonna pay for this mess, mess

Chorus
What this world needs now is one honest man,
To make sweet, sweet love to one honest women,
And I certify if we stand up and do what’s right,
Maybe she’ll dance one more, dance one more, dance one more, dance one more,
Rock ‘n’ roll one more time

Verse
We’re afraid of the IRS, we are homeless, we are middle class
Is this, this the American dream, will we go down with no fight,
Will we go down quietly

Chorus
What this world needs now is one honest man,
To make sweet, sweet love to one honest women,
And I certify if we stand up and do what’s right,
Maybe she’ll dance one more, dance one more time
And I certify if we stand up and do what’s right,
Maybe she’ll dance one more, dance one more, dance one more, dance one more,
Rock ‘n’ roll one more time