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Artist/Band:
Bobby Bare
Lyrics for Song: Darby's Castle
Lyrics for Album: The Mercury Years 1970-1972, Vol. 3 [Bear Family] [1994]
(Kris Kristofferson)
See the ruins on the hill where the smoke is hanging still
Like an echo of an age long forgotten
There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones
And the roof that fell before the beams were rotten.
Seems old Darby loved his wife and he labored all his life
To provide her with material possessions
And he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone
And the building soon became his sole obsession.
Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
And the silhouette was seen for miles around
And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky
But it only took one night to bring it down
When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground.
Though they shared the common bed there was precious little said
In the moments that were set aside for sleeping
For his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build
And he never heard young Helen Darby weeping.
Then one night he heard the sound and as he laid his pencil down
He traced it to her door and turned the handle
And the pale light of the moon through the window of her room
Split the shadows where two bodies lay in tangle.
Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
And the silhouette was seen for miles around
And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky
But it only took one night to bring it down
When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground...
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Darby's Castle
Bobby Bare's "Darby's Castle" stands as a poignant example of his late-career acoustic storytelling, blending his signature country-folk sensibility with the reflective mood characteristic of his 1970s recordings. Featured on "The Mercury Years 1970-1972, Vol. 3," the track captures Bare's ability to weave narrative-driven lyrics with melodic simplicity, a hallmark of his work during this period. The song reflects the broader tradition of American folk and country music, where personal tales of loss and longing are delivered with understated emotional depth. Bare's vocal delivery remains consistent with his earlier hits, offering a mature interpretation of themes found in his discography, including his collaborations and solo albums from the mid-to-late 1960s through the 1970s. |
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| Album Lyrics: The Mercury Years 1970-1972, Vol. 3 [Bear Family] [1994] |
Bobby Bare
"The Mercury Years 1970-1972, Vol. 3 [Bear Family] [1994]"
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