Bobby (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water album)

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Bobby is the debut studio album of When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1989 by Shimmy Disc. It was re-issued on CD with six additional songs.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobby Goldsboro, except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Muddy Mississippi Line"		3:41
2.	"Broomstick Cowboy"		2:35
3.	"Watching Scotty Grow"	Mac Davis	3:10
4.	"The Straight Life"	Sonny Curtis	1:52
5.	"If You've Got a Heart"		2:34
6.	"See the Funny Little Clown"		3:31
7.	"Can You Feel It?"		3:32

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Honey"	Bobby Russell	2:21
2.	"Little Things"		1:39
3.	"Autumn of My Life"		3:18
4.	"Voodoo Woman"		1:53
5.	"With Pen Hand"		4:40
6.	"It's Too Late"		2:18
7.	"Me, Japanese Boy"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	2:14
8.	"I'm a Drifter"		3:12

CD issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"This Guy's in Love with You"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	2:19
17.	"Dominique"	Jeanine Deckers	3:10
18.	"A Girl Named Sandoz"	Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch	3:35
19.	"Timothy"	Rupert Holmes	2:57
20.	"Glad She's a Woman"		2:35
21.	"Watercolor Days"		1:54

Adapted from Bobby liner notes.^[3]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1989	Shimmy Disc	CS, LP	shimmy 024
Europe	1989	Shimmy Disc	CD, LP	SDE 8913

^ "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water: Bobby > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
^ Greenberger, David; Schinder, Scott (2007). "When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 11, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Bobby (sleeve). When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water. New York City, New York: Shimmy Disc. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)