Reba Mcentire - Bobby

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bobby pleaded guilty to the charges that they read
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as they led him from the courtroom , a young voice turned his head
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a little boy , dressed in blue , was standing at the rail
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he said “i hope they kill you . i hope you go to hell . ”
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they locked bobby in a jail with forty other men
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they all knew what he had done , and they were glad to take him in
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they’d all seen in the headlines about bobby and his wife
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how they loved each other , and how he took her life
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day after day , he sat alone
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night after night , they’d hear him sing song ( he’d sing )

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baby , i’ll take care of you , i’ll never let you down
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no harm will ever come to you as long as i’m around
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i Am not afraid of what people say or do
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the only thing i fear is being here . . . without you .

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the little boy dressed in blue grew up to be a man
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when he fell in love himelf , he came to understand
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how it was the bobby took the life they both adored
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cause bobby couldn’t stand to see her suffer anymore
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he took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed
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and all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read
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the stories of the accident that robbed his mama’s mind
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and the man who held her in his arms and chose to cut the line
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and the one about the man who sits alone
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year after year , singin his song go to chorus

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the young man drove his car up , and parked outside the gate
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they led him to a cold grey room , the guard told him to wait

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when the guard brought bobby in the young man finally knew
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he still missed his mama , but he’d missed his Daddy too
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and when the guard left the two of them alone
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he took bobby in his arms , and the young man sang his song

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Daddy , i’ll take care of you , i’ll never let you down
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no harm will ever come to you as long as i’m around
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you have taught me not to fear what people say or do
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the only thing that hurts is being here . . without you .