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Casualty
02:21
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Casualty by Bobby Dove
Feels like I've been sent home from the war
scabs and scars
my dirty clothes have torn
I fought so long to set you free
but dear it seems like there can be no victory
I wanted to defend you
wanted to be bold
said I'd take no prisoners
not for silver not for gold
killed you with my kindness on the battlefield
but the enemy on both our sides
say they will never yield
Standing on the front lines
a thousand bullets fly
I never learned to fire guns
just hang my head and cry
How could so many broken hearts
sink below the raging sea
In this game of war and blame, I'm a casualty
In this game of war and blame I'm just a casualty
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Gridlock
02:39
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Gridlock
by Bobby Dove
You make me feel so small
I almost disappear
I'm dying to move on
but I'm stuck here in first gear
You say we turned a corner
but each day's a stumbling block
when I try to intercept
our love makes a gridlock
From motel to don't tell
to everything between
I could hear the siren's cries
warning of this scene
Guess i was just clumsier
than I've ever been
couldn't pull the brakes
or even wake up from this dream
I gotta view of the city lights
but I know the time will come
I'll be setting all my sights
on the road and on the run
When I shed a tear for you
in the shadow of the setting sun
let it slide right off your windshield
so you know your girl is gone
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Thunderchild
04:16
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Thunderchild
by Bobby Dove
She came out of darkness
and looked at the sun
took a breath of the city
knew she was done
highway so open
but the exits are closed
I’m taking this here country road
Thunderchild listen to the song of the sky
the lie of your love is a cloud in your eye
everything changes and everything dies
there's no silver lining
you just gotta cry
Skipping moonstones by the edge of the sea
Thunderchild quietly came to me
she said, there ain't nothing to fear in this land
she clapped five times and disappeared in the sand
Thunderchild listen to the song of the sky
the lie of your love is a cloud in your eye
everything changes and everything dies
there's no silver lining
you just gotta cry
Still I feel her tremble
and beg for my love
we were both coming down
from so high above
crossing the bridge
with the colors so bright
deep in her heart
lightning would strike
Thunderchild listen to the song of the sky
the lie of your love is a cloud in your eye
everything changes and everything dies
there's no silver lining
you just gotta cry
you just gotta cry, you just gotta cry, you just gotta cry
you just gotta cry
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Another Doggone Day
03:18
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Another Doggone Day
by Bobby Dove
Rescue me from this haunted place I'm living
it's not right to leave me all alone this way
everybody that I know passes me by now
they walk along, don't even speak my name
Well I cried and I moaned for a better kind of home
but they don't understand a word I say
in my dreams I am soaring through a forest so green
wake up to another doggone day
My buddy he found me when I was just a little pup
he ran me round and taught me how to play
but now I'm all grown up and he don't come around that much
so in this dog house I do sadly lay
Well I cried and I moaned for a better kind of home
but they don't understand a word I say
in my dreams I am soaring through a forest so green
wake up to another doggone day
I wake up to another doggone day
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5. |
Fire and Water
04:35
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Fire and Water by Bobby Dove
Too many things have been said
that can't be taken back again
the simple honest love affair
has vanished slyly in the air
I've been carried so far by a storm
don't recognize this place but it ain't warm
all I had to give you couldn't take
and the pain it's caused
I cannot fake
you were juggling
fire and water
and I was watching
the ships go by
we were feeding
a hungry lion
but do you hear her
when she cries
we were steaming
fire and water
barely breathing
fire and water
we were dreaming
fire and water
we were dreaming
water and fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
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Floor Licker
01:56
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The Big Goodbye
03:13
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There's more ways than one to die
there's the body and then there's the mind
when you thought you were done
you'll find a light to shine
into the quiet night
Well I thought about you all the way home
how you'd sit in that old house all alone
drinking just to make it through
or yelling at some gnome
wondering where I would roam
Well I'll ramble 'til I guess that I'm back
through the heavy doors
and smallest cracks
I'd hang up all my collared shirts
but I won't dare unpack
'til I'm off the beaten track
Well it meant so much to me
when you said I made you laugh
and feel free
now I'm like a blind man
not knowing who to be
without your eyes to see
To see my falling tears
and the damage that I've done over here
for I can't love just one for the rest of my years
think I might up and disappear
yeah I think that I might up and disappear
No I can't make this right
with one hand letting go
and the other clenched tight
I told most of the truth
but I saved a little lie
for the big goodbye
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Cowgirl Bob
04:59
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Cowgirl Bob
by Bobby Dove
You got your cowboy hat
you know it suits you well
you got your wife and kids
your wife she call you Bill
But to me you will always be
on your high horse in the hills
Bobby girl
If she was to leave Mesquite
right up my alley, sweetness
drive it with imaginary me in the front seat
yeehaw
Tell me how done it feel to be a good ole boy
when you're too weak to love
and too strong to destroy
tell me how done it feel to be a good ole boy
when you'd rather be strutting in heels
folding with your long lashed lover
undercover
If she was to leave Mesquite
right up my alley, sweetness itself
drive it with imaginary me in the front seat
yeehaw
And you can blend your shadow into mine
but what you gonna do when I turn off the light
If she was to leave Mesquite
right up my alley, sweet you're so sweet
drive it with imaginary me in the shotgun
yeehaw
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Welcome to the Real World Again
Written by Robert Hill and Bobby Dove
My tears are softly falling
as her phone rings in the dark
she isn’t there, she doesn’t care
for her it’s just a lark
as I sit here in my lonely room
my heart is sinking in the gloom
and it’s welcome to the real world again
Yes it’s welcome to the real world again
a plaything to be loved just now and then
she told me that she cared for me
on her love I could depend
but it’s welcome to the real world again
I saw her as a fairy princess
shrouded in the mist
a vision of my hopes and dreams
just waiting for my kiss
but life is not a fairy tale
no clouds or castles will prevail
it’s welcome to the real world again
Yes it’s welcome to the real world again
I guess I’ll have to learn to understand
that if she’s really leaving me, my fairy tale will end
and it’s welcome to the real world again
I thought she really loved me
I thought that I could fill
an empty corner of her life
but I guess I never will
for she left me standing in the night
with dreams that vanish with the light
and it’s welcome to the real world again
Yes it’s welcome to the real world again
I wonder if my heart will ever mend
she’s gone ahead and left me
now there’s no use to pretend
and it’s welcome to the real world again
Yes it’s welcome to the real world again
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10. |
Too Late to Go Home
03:18
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Too Late to Go Home
by Bobby Dove
Hank Williams are you watching me
do you talk with me do you walk with me
do you want to
feedback on the mic lines tells me that you do
let me play another tune to please you
I am but a lonely soul
looking for my better half
I ain't found it
in honky tonks, pretty girls and truck stop dreams
nothing seems to satisfy me
Heroes often die in the making
they leave their loved ones with their hearts breaking
they sing their last notes with voices shaking
they know it's too late to go home
Living fast on the open road
rolling smokes under rolling clouds
and the rolling hills
go on forever
strip-malls and churches blend together
Had a rant with Townes Van Zandt
laid his money down on a roadside pool bar
he liked his women soft and his drinking hard
bet his bottom dollar on a wild card
Heroes often die in the making
they leave their loved ones with their hearts breaking
they sing their last notes with voices shaking
they know it's too late to go home
Heroes often die in the making
they leave their loved ones with their hearts breaking
they sing their last notes with voices shaking
they know it's too late to go home
they know it's too late to go home
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Bobby Dove Montreal, Québec
Since the 2016 release of Bobby Dove’s debut full-length album, Thunderchild, the Montreal-born singer songwriter has built
a following across Canada and beyond. Bobby has become known as one of the country’s most dedicated troubadours, crooning live audiences with heart-worn originals, and paying tribute to the golden age of Country music.
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