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From the time that Billy was a kid There was evil in the things he did His mama knew it And I knew it too I told her that he needed help I tried to avoid this evil whelp I had to find out Something I could do Billy's teachers said he's bad In fact the worse kid that they had They sent him home And kicked him out of school I told his mama, he can't be mine She blamed the Mogen David wine we had when we were on our honey moon As he grew up, he wouldn't change He'd spend his time out on the range doing things we didn't want to know I told his ma, I've had enough We can't keep hiding from this stuff the folks about will run us out of town It's bad enough when I go for beer The bartender serves me with a sneer And the other's look away Or just look down I know Billy has a dedication To certain kinds of medication But nothing ever helps The way he acts We can't blame the Mogen David wine I said Ma, I think it's time That Billy left and that's the facts Mama cried, but knew the truth He couldn't live beneath our roof Or we'd end up in an early grave One night I went and said to Billy You may laugh, and think I'm silly but, son you have a week you have to go Billy nodded and kept on eating This was a short,  family meeting He looked at me and said real slow Pa, I know you don't love me And ma as well, it's plain to see We ain't the same and I ain't moving on I didn't argue, just got up I couldn't eat, I couldn't sup I had to end this I had to get a gun I knew I couldn't take him down But, I'd find someone around the town someone who would Rid me of my child No one came to help us out I even gave the lord a shout Help us god our kid is just too wild A fellow came, in a week, ten days His name was Pat, to change Bills ways He said he'd help tomorrow night He faced down Billy at high noon Bill, dropped like a lead balloon His ma and I just knew That this was right Pat, said things will work out fine It wasn't Mogen David wine that made Bill bad It's just the way of life He rode off in the setting sun He'd killed our boy with his six gun with Billy gone it's just me and my wife
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Feb 5, 2015
Feb 5, 2015 at 11:01 AM UTC
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Billy the kid
From the time that Billy was a kid There was evil in the things he did His mama knew it And I knew it too I told her that he needed help I tried to avoid this evil whelp I had to find out Something I could do Billy's teachers said he's bad In fact the worse kid that they had They sent him home And kicked him out of school I told his mama, he can't be mine She blamed the Mogen David wine we had when we were on our honey moon As he grew up, he wouldn't change He'd spend his time out on the range doing things we didn't want to know I told his ma, I've had enough We can't keep hiding from this stuff the folks about will run us out of town It's bad enough when I go for beer The bartender serves me with a sneer And the other's look away Or just look down I know Billy has a dedication To certain kinds of medication But nothing ever helps The way he acts We can't blame the Mogen David wine I said Ma, I think it's time That Billy left and that's the facts Mama cried, but knew the truth He couldn't live beneath our roof Or we'd end up in an early grave One night I went and said to Billy You may laugh, and think I'm silly but, son you have a week you have to go Billy nodded and kept on eating This was a short,  family meeting He looked at me and said real slow Pa, I know you don't love me And ma as well, it's plain to see We ain't the same and I ain't moving on I didn't argue, just got up I couldn't eat, I couldn't sup I had to end this I had to get a gun I knew I couldn't take him down But, I'd find someone around the town someone who would Rid me of my child No one came to help us out I even gave the lord a shout Help us god our kid is just too wild A fellow came, in a week, ten days His name was Pat, to change Bills ways He said he'd help tomorrow night He faced down Billy at high noon Bill, dropped like a lead balloon His ma and I just knew That this was right Pat, said things will work out fine It wasn't Mogen David wine that made Bill bad It's just the way of life He rode off in the setting sun He'd killed our boy with his six gun with Billy gone it's just me and my wife
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