Billys Bones Lyrics by Pogues

Billys Bones Lyrics

    Billy ran around with the rare old crew
    And he knew an arsenal from tottenham blue
    We'd be a darn sight better of if we knew
    Where billy's bones are resting now
    Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee
    And he took him down from six foot to five foot three
    Then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-mi
    That copper won't be having any family

    Hey billy son where are you now
    Don't you know that we need you now
    With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow
    Where are billy's bones resting now

    Billy went away with the peace-keeping force
    'cause he liked a bloody good fight of course
    Went away in an old khaki van to the banks of the river jordan
    Billy saw the arabs and he had 'em on the run
    When he got 'em in the range of his sub-machine gun
    Then he had the israelis in his sights, went a ra-ta-ta
    And they ran like shiites

    Hey billy son where are you now
    Don't you know that we need you now
    With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow
    Where are billy's bones resting now

    One night billy had a rare old time,
    Laughing and singing on the lebanon line
    Came back to camp not looking too pretty
    Never even got to see the holy city
    Now billy's out there in the desert sun
    And his mother cries when the morning comes
    And there's mothers crying all over this world
    For their poor dead darling boys and girls

    Hey billy son where are you now
    Don't you know that we need you now
    With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow
    Where are billy's bones resting now

    Have a billy holiday
    Born on a monday
    Married on a tuesday
    Drunk on a wednesday
    Got plugged on a thursday
    Sick on a friday
    Died on a saturday
    Buried on a sunday

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