Bobby Bare - Rosie's Restaurant Lyrics
I was waitin' in Rosie's Restaurant.
When the waiter came up and said "what do you want?"
I looked at the menu and it looked so nice.
Till he said, "let me give you some advice"
He said, "Spaghetti and potatoes got too much starch,
There's hormones in chicken and beef and veal.
A bowl of ravioli is a dead man's meal.
Bread got preservatives, there's nitrites in ham.
Artificial coloring in jellies and jam.
Stay away from donuts, run away from pie.
Pepperoni pizza is a sure way to die.
Sugar rots your teeth, makes you put on weight.
Artificial sweetner's got cyclamates.
Eggs got cholesterol, there's fat in cheese.
Coffee ruins your kidneys and so does tea.
Salt's gonna send your blood presure risin'
Hot dogs and bologna got deadly red dyes.
Vegetables and fruit are sprayed with pesticides.
So I said, "what can I eat that's gonna make me last?"
He said, "a small drink of water in a sterilized glass"
Then he stopped and he thought for a minute.
He said "Never mind the water. There's carcinogenics in it"
So I got up from the table and walked out in the street.
Reliazing there was nothin' I could eat.
I ain't eaten for a month and I'm feeling fine...
"Cause he did not mention, beer, whiskey, women
and sweet red wine.
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Bobby Bare Rosie's Restaurant Comments
absolutely brilliant!
WOW, so very nice.
True enough .Captures the way it is .
i like it
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY...memories,,,we can write MANY SONGS!
SS, so underrated.
I DID'N WRITE THE SONG---- BUT I HAVE LIVED EVER LINE OF THE SONG=
PIANO MAN gone country - love it
Shel Silverstein was an unrecognized genius.
He was a satan worshipping piece of shit.
.85 cents for a hamburger and coffee just got back from Maui. , had a hamburger and a mai tai $25 before it was worth it. Cheeseburger in Paradise with my beautiful wife babianna of 30 years
Its so much better when the ...verses ....are showing..Thank you
A beautifully observed slice of everyday American life.
Would 2 In the morning on Saturday night be saturday morning at 2am or Sunday morning?
Sunday morning ;-)
Great song, most of us have been to Rosalie's Cafe somewhere.
Typical Bobby, verry long and verry .verry good .thanks also to Mr. Silverstein .Fantastic :Jockel
There used to be a place like that on W/Broad street in Elyria Ohio called Mom's open kitchen
WOW THE FIRST I,VE HEARD THIS GREAT SONG ,,BEAUTIFUL
this song reminds me of a place in my hometown of Elyria,Ohio.it was on the west end of Broad St. It was called Mom's open kitchen. Good eatin' after a night of drinkin.
What a song! Perfect song for Bobby!
Mr Silverstein is a really great song writer, And Mr. Bare does an excellent job on singing it. Just love it.
no one could do it like bobby loved his concert in tyler tex with pretty nora jean- an admirer with the tourquis jacket welcome back any time,I'll be on the front row
Superb writing and performance.
I don't think there are many of these left there are donut shops but not too many restaurants. For a while I stopped at a donut shop after work (11pm) one night a guy who was intoxicated and cold came in; he only had money for half a coffee and knew it --they gave him half a coffee wish we had given him the change for a whole coffee but he was content
Great song wish there was a movie made of it.
Sooooo good... Shel and Bobby...guess we will never hear anything like this any more....so sad, thanks so much for posting also the drawing are choice
Missed this great one--adding it to the list:
http://www.mixedup.com/foodsongs.html
Are all the best songs written by Shel Silverstein?
+wingnutofcoolness
Not all of them...just most of them.
Add Willie Nelson & Leon Payne....
Never heard this one, love it.
Great ballad
42 verses of the song are here.
allpoetry (dot) com/poem/8538971-Rosalies_Good_Eats_Cafe-by-Shel_Silverstein
silverstien ..enough said. one of the great poets of all time. amazing how some can use language to paint a picture in the minds of others.
Yeah, and even a verse regarding the songwriter himself :-)
Touchy jow live touches us
shel has the touch love the song , love the art
WOW, GREAT PIECE OF WORK! Uncle Shelby was one of a kind!
There is a lot of today's life in this song, I have seen some in some of the places that I ate at in my travels around this old country.
Rarely heard. Love this song
THANK YOU TO WHOM EVER POSTED THIS! IT IS SIMPLY GREAT!
Excellent! I've never heard this one before. Thanks for posting it. Bobby and Shel made a bodacious combination.
Same here. Yes they seem to. The one I remember by Bare was the 1979 one "Numbers" - so funny lol. I love songs (like the one on here) about food lol. Did you hear Bare's "Diet" song? - it's so so funny!!!
Can you post a good version of sure hit songwriting pen? One of my favorites. Can't find a good version on here. Thx!
@rayhanke As a disc jockey, I've spun this many times myself, mainly to go water the urinal.
@FreakersBall I had never seen the Playboy and as I watched this clip, I wondered who did the drawings. The artwork is as impressive as the song. Thanks so much, I have enjoyed the song since about 1979.
Howdy
man this was fantastic
I've wanted the words to this song for yrs
stay cool
Rich in WV
I ASKED MY LOCAL DJ TO PLAY THIS FOR ME EVERY SAT NITE AT 2AM. hE OBLIGED ME. THAT WAS IN THE 70'S.
@trythisoneforsize Thanks man. It`s a great story which is a good song.
There was a time, the '70s, when a long classic like this got played on radio. Heaven forbid any station would touch it now.(note sarcasm) Also-if you've gone by Greyhound from Miami to Connecticut, or from Connecticut to St. Paul, both of which I have done, you've eaten in plenty of places just like the one so artfully described here. Places like this give travelers good reason to take Amtrak, and eat in the chow car.
One of my all time Bobby Bare favorites. Thanks so much for posting!
Pleeeeeeeeez post "The Giving Tree" from the same album......
@jamesbckmstro3 Hi.
Yes i have the original Playboy with all the verces. Its is from that i have taken all the drawings from.
ever read the original version that appeared in playboy? it was bout 30 verses or more and included shel as one of the characters observing everyone in the diner.
Been looking for this since YT started! Thanks so much for posting this delicious song, such a wonderful flashback to my years spent inhaling this album and discovering Shel Silverstein.
@bulbheadmyass
Thanks Jan.
Glad you`d liked it..
- Sigurd
FreakersBall 1 uke siden
one of my favorite songs! Old Moon Mullins used to play this on the radio, WBZI. Only times you could ever find such great old songs!!
Yes, one of his best songs!
I have the original LP that has this song if anyone is interested.
Ebay Item number:250582249651
BOBBY BARE Sings LULABYS, LEGENDS and LIES NM
What a great song from Bobby Bare, the lyrics tells us a story only Shel Silverstein can tell!! Thanks Sigurd for post this, hope there will come more from our HOOK treasure collection!!
CHEERS PER