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John Prine - Billy The Bum Lyrics

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  • Billy the bum lived by the thumb
  • And sang of the hobos delight
  • Hed 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 cant 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 billyd wave back
  • But the children around billys 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 pitys a crime
  • And it aint worth a dime
  • To a person whos 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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