Billy The Bum lyrics
Artist Name - John Prine
Song Lyrics - Billy The Bum
 Send John Prine "Billy The Bum" Ringtones to your Cell  Billy the bum lived by the thumb And sang of the hobo's delight He'd prove he could run Twice as fast as the sun By losing his shadow at night Now he loved every girl In this curly headed world But no one will know it seems For two twisted legs and a childhood disease Left Billy just a bum in his dreams Chorus: And he was just a gentle boy A real florescent light Cried pennies on Sunday morning Laughs nickels on Saturday night And your bullets they can't harm him Nor your knives tear him apart Humiliation killed him God bless his little heart Now he lived all alone In a run down home Near the side of the old railroad track Where the trains used to run Carrying freight by the ton And blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back But the children around Billy's home town Seemed to have nothin' better to do Then run around his house With their tongues from their mouth And make fun of that cripped old fool (Repeat chorus) Now some folks they wait And some folks they pray For Jesus to rise up again But none of these folks In their holy cloaks Ever took Billy on as a friend For pity's a crime And it ain't worth a dime To a person who's really in need Just treat 'em the same As you would your own name Next time that your heart starts to bleed (Repeat chorus) |
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Billy The Bum
Billy the bum lived by the thumb And sang of the hobo's
delight He'd prove he could run Twice as fast as the sun By ....
Clocks And Spoons
Clocks and spoons and empty rooms It's raining out tonight What a
way to end a day By turnin' out the light Shoot the moon ....
Diamonds In The Rough
While walking out, one evening, Not knowing where to go Just to
pass the time away Before we held our show I heard a little ....
Everybody
While out sailing on the ocean While out sailing on the sea
I bumped into the Saviour And He said pardon me I said Jesus ....
Rocky Mountain Time
The station was empty The trains were all gone I reached in
my pocket And I wanted for dawn Chorus: The clock played drums And ....
Sour Grapes
I don't care if the sun don't shine But it better or
people will wonder And I couldn't care less if it never stopped rainin' ....
Souvenirs
All the snow has turned to water, Christmas days have come and
gone. Broken toys and faded colours are all that's left to linger on. ....
Take The Star Out Of The Window
Robert was a sailor For the best years of his life His
captain was his mother And the ocean was his wife Only fresh out ....
The Frying Pan
I come home from work this evening There was a note in
the frying pan It said fix your own supper babe I run off ....
The Great Compromise
I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a
way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossomed ....
The Late John Garfield Blues
Black faces pressed against the glass Where rain has pressed it's weight
Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western trait Sadness ....
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The night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the
sweat was floodin' her eyes The catwalk squeaked 'Neath the bartender's feet And ....
They Oughta Name A Drink After You
Oh I get drunk most every night Seems like all we do
is fight The more I drink The less I feel blue Sometimes I ....
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