Key: F
Introduction:
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Billy ran around with the rare old crew
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And he knew an Arsenal from Tottenham blue
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We'd be a darn sight better off if we knew
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Where Billy's bones are resting now
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Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee
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And he took him down from six foot to five foot three
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Then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-mi
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That copper won't be having any family
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Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
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With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
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Billy went away with the peace-keeping force
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'Cause he liked a bloody good fight of course
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Went away in an old khaki van
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to the banks of the river Jordan
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Billy saw the Arabs and he had 'em on the run
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When he got 'em in the range of his sub-machine gun
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Then he had the Israelis in his sights,
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went a ra-ta-ta And they ran like Shiites
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Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
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With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
Intro Melody (2x)
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Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
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With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
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One night Billy had a rare old time,
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Laughing and singing on the Lebanon line
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Came back to camp not looking too pretty
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Never even got to see the Holy City
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Now Billy's out there in the desert sun
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And his mother cries when the morning comes
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And there's mothers crying all over this world
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For their poor dead darling boys and girls
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Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
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With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
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Have a Billy holiday
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Born on a Monday
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Married on a Tuesday
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Drunk on a Wednesday
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Got plugged on a Thursday
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Sick on a Friday
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Died on a Saturday
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Buried on a Sunday