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Mama said, there's Something weird 'bout Billy I looked in his room, his bed Wasn't slept in at all last night But Papa said, ah, now Mama Don't you go talking silly He's just a young boy He's just sowing his wild oats And that's all right But Mama said, no There's something real Strange bout my Billy The farmer down the road said he Lost a few of his sheep last night I know he's my own flesh and blood But he makes my blood run chilly Cause I saw him from my window And he was on the heel Just screaming at the moonlight Is it any wonder we hate To see the sun go down And is it any wonder we hate to See the full moon coming around So Papa said, I guess there's Only one thing to do bout Billy Hand me down my gun, son Bring along that silver dinner bell But Mama said, Papa I beg you, don't kill him Cause I just couldn't bear to Think about my baby in Hell But he went down to the blacksmith Got him out of bed and said Get your fire hot Oh, shut up your shutters And close down the doors We're gonna need all the heat you got Cause I want you to melt my Silver bell down to a single shot I got a job to do and I got to get it Done before the sun comes up Oh, so is it any wonder that we Hate to see the sun go down Then we heard a shot And I said, Papa got em Then we heard a scream and Mama Smiled and said, betcha Billy got em But when I lifted up my eyes, there was Papa in the doorway staring at the floor And my big brother Billy never did Come home no more Is it any wonder we hate To see the sun go down And is it any wonder we hate to See the full moon coming around
Writer(s): Les Emmerson Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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