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Billy Got Bad
Music & lyrics by Robert Coleman Trussell
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Billy got a bottle
Billy got sad
Billy got a gun
Billy got bad
Look out, mama
He's singing a hurtin' song
He's a little crazy
Cause he been on the job too long

Billy loaded up
He headed downtown
Started laughing at the drunks
He saw hanging around
Look out, mama
He's singing a hurtin' song
He's looking for some trouble
Cause he been on the job too long

Billy met a woman
Hanging out on Main
She introduced herself
As the Queen of Pain
Look out, mama
He's singing a hurtin' song
He just needs a little love
Cause he been on the job too long

Billy woke up
In the city jail
All he could remember
Was the whiskey sale
Look out, mama
He's singing a hurtin' song
He's doing a little time
Cause he been on the job too long
He's going before the judge
Cause he been on the job too long
He's going out to the farm
Cause he been on the job too long