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Billy ran away from his home to find away to live in peace |
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His Mama didn't give a damn about him |
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His Papa's on the run from the Police |
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When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy |
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No one needs you when your down and out |
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Then one kind guy with the painted eyes |
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Piked him up and bailed him out |
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Under one roof sharing one room |
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Nobody cared about them under one roof |
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Sharing one room daring the world to part them |
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Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay |
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All day looking round |
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Getting me down I was being turned away |
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And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down |
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To Billy from up above and for the first time in his life |
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Billy found out what it felt like to be loved. |
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Under one roof sharing one love |
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Nobody cared about them under one roof |
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Sharing one love daring the world to part them. |
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Somehow Billy's Papa found out all about the style of Billy's life |
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And it didn't take long before he came round and he had a knife |
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He cut up Johnny stole all his money |
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He called him all the names that he could find |
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Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow |
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And show him what they do to Billy's kind. |
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Under one roof sharing on love |
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Now the whole world knew about them |
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Under one roof |
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Sharing one love daring the world to part them. |
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Johnny said 'Billy we can run away from the world no more |
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I'm gonna fetch my daddy |
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I'm gonna show the world who I'm living for and if I lose my job |
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If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true |
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He can take away anything from me |
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But he won't take me from you. |
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And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory |
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For him to come and how it did degrade |
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Him he cut him and he slayed him |
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And spat on him in front of ev'ryone |
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As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying |
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Because the parent through him he became |
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And all because the person who has the first to give him love |
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Had been a man. |
