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ROBERT COBB (breetveld)

from SOUND RECORDINGS (2017 remix) by The Breetles

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ROBERT COBB
1-Robert Cobb he was so strange
He was my friend
I knew him when he was a writer
I knew him when he died

2-Robert Cobb learned to live inside a lie
He wrote his things on marriage, ducks and honey pie
He wrote about the people who he never saw
He never wrote any bad, he never wrote of war,
as long as he was alive
(chorus)
Robert Cobb come again and teach your people to lie
Robert Cobb we need your love to survive
(bridge)
Ah, look at all your people
They come here all the time
I think they want a signal that you’re still alive

3-Nancy young, the girl next door, taught him to smile
They used to joke about the trees and the river Nile
He soon forgot the people
He locked them in his drawer
He never did any good, or kept us out of war
He towed the party line
Robert Cobb please come again
And keep your people alive
Robert Cobb we need your words to revive
Robert Cobb please come again tell us it was a ride
Robert Cobb we need your love to survive
(repeat bridge)
©1969 The Breetles pub. Breet Music BMI

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from SOUND RECORDINGS (2017 remix), released June 30, 2017
Breet-drums, acoustic guitars, bass, piano, harpsichord, strings, organ, lead & harmony vocals, electric guitars, maracas, saxophones, horns, tambourine

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The Breetles Princeton, New Jersey

The Breetles, an American power-pop band, are Chris Breetveld and anyone who plays Breetles songs, with or without him. They became one of the founding rocks of the "Kendall Park (New Jersey) Sound" starting around 1982. They have been described as the illegitimate flower-child of The Who, The Beatles, XTC, The Kinks, Mrs. Miller and Cheap Trick. Power-pop, cleverly-stupid, quiet is the new loud. ... more

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