Story Behind The Song
A MAN I GOT TO KNOW WAS AN ASSISTANT TO ROBERT DENIRO. BUT MORE THAN THAT HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST LOVED BEING AROUND. A MAGICAL GUY . I GOT TO KNOW HIM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND THE LYRICS ARE MY OSERVATIONS OF HIM
Song Description
A SONG ABOUT A FRIEND AND A REMARKABLE MAN
| Song Length |
4:32 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gracious |
| |
Lyrics
Bougainvillaea Bobby
Coloured flowers pink and white catch the ripple of the morning light
Lizard giving every bug a fright near the table where he sits
Coffee drunk and papers read as the sugar birds fly around his head
He?s a country boy and a thoroughbred with a manner that befits
(Chorus)
Bougainvillaea Bobby-he?s the baron of the Flamboyan
He went and put this monkey house into the vision of a man
Bougainvillaea Bobby ? nice to me as the day is long
And sharper than the picket fence that runs around his land
Health is lousy ? heart is great
Spirits bigger than the Empire state
Standing there at his front gate you know you wanna stay
Short on patience,long on soul
He is skinny as a fishing pole
Get him on a storytelling roll ? you laugh the night away
( Chorus)
(Bridge)
Well he worked up North for the movie stars
You can see them on his wall
But the spirit that is there with him
Is lighter and yet brighter than them all
Well connected he?s so cool names he drops would fill a swimming pool
Dolphins turned up by the school they heard he?s back in town
Off the record on the ball always handling another call
Even lying down he?s standing tall in the hearts of all around
( Chorus )
words and music Ross Douglas SOCAN
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