Billy Joe Lyrics

It was a windy day of 52

The season of the corn

On a grassy hill covered in dew

When Billy Joe was born

The second child of the family

Three kids raised on the cheap

Billy had a secret

That he didn't mean to keep

He took all his money and travelled up to town

A dream in tow, a song he knew

He played for everyone

Sure to be adored

By people that he found

Made his way up to the top

Of a solitary mound

He said "look for me

Mama, in the stars

I'll be shining like a diamond

I'll be playing in the bars"

He said "watch me go

Daddy, when I'm there

With a special kind of halo

They don't make it everywhere"

They told him "Son you've got the touch

Don't you let it go to waste

You've no idea, it's such a rush

Would you like a taste?"

Soon Billy found he liked the sound

Of clapping in the night

Soon Billy found that Billy lost

The trust in wrong from right

Cause the singing turned to laughter

And the laughter turned to wine

Before he knew it, the wine got sour

Across the long white line

He listened when they told him

"You've got what it takes"

Billy made a lot of friends

And a couple more mistakes

He said "bury me

Mama, when I'm gone

I'll be driving up the country

In my mind I'm coming home

Bury me,

Daddy, when I'm dead

With your picture beneath my fingers and

A bullet in my head"

It was a winter day of 82

The season of the snow

Beneath a poster that read that "God is true"

Death came to Billy Joe

The second child of a family

Forever now asleep

But Billy had a secret

That he didn't mean to keep