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There Never Was A Time Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
There Never Was A Time
Recorded by Bobby Bare with Skeeter Davis
Written by Myra Smith and Margaret Lewis
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There was a time we'd sit in the backyard cause the house would get so hot
From the summer sun there was no way of
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sleepin'
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play your old gui
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tar we'd fight
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mosquitos and
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enjoy
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concerts for we
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had no tele
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vision
We'd just begun our life as man and wife and hard ships then
Could scarcely scare us into
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quittin'
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far from bein'
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fine we often
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dined upon a
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dime
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never was a
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time we didn't
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The Christmas brought us saddest days when your pride
Gave a way you told the kids there'd be no gifts cause we were
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broke
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little tears of
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grief was so
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hard to see it
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didn't hurt me
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Like the lump I
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knew was in your
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throat
It was then with arms entwined we both broke down and cried
For it seemed like nothing good would ever
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come
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bills we couldn't
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pay they came and
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took our car
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away
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never was a
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time we didn't
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Now there's an easy chair for my back and satin pillows for your head
And the kids are wild about the brand new
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cars
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I can order
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steak with all the
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trimmings and not
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worry
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spent a dollar
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more than we could
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spare
No wonder in your prayers we've thanked the Man upstairs who led us through
The years of ragin' kids and payin'
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bills
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think He guided
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us not because
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we were smart but
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just
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never was a
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time we didn't
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never was a
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time
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never was a
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time
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never was a
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time we didn't
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Never was a
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time
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never was a
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never was a
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FAQ
Who sang the the song There Never Was A Time?
- The song There Never Was A Time was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.
