Liner Notes by Tom T. Hall

  1967 Phoenix, Arizona.
I walk into Bobby Bare's motel room.
He gets up, offers me a seat and a drink.
He's hospitable.

  Bob says, 'If Tom T. could hear,
no telling what the b… could write.'
(I have a hearing problem, my parents were married.)
He's observant.

  1969, Bob says, ' Let's go fishing.'
I say, 'I don't think so.'
Bob loves to fish. (Fish don't like to FISH!)
He's a sportsman.

  Bob is afraid of flying.
I bug him about it when I can.
(I'm afraid of flying, too.)
He's not stupid.

  1970, Bob gets carried away
with a song in a recording session.
The producer says, 'Cool it a little.'
He does.
He's professional.

  Bob could have been an actor.
He chose music.
He believes in things.

  Bob owed me a hundred dollars
from a poker game.
Paid me Christmas.
Religious?

  When no one's looking,
Bob gives money to poor kids.
He remembers.

  Bobby Bare hates clothes.
His wife buys them.
He's well dressed.

  Bob has quit smoking eighteen times.
He's human.

  Bob has eleven great performances
in this album.
I wrote some of the songs.

  Bobby Bare is a friend of mine.
(Some guys have all the luck).