Billy's Bones-The Pogues

[00:14.871]Billy ran around with the rare old crew [00:16.410]And he knew an Arsenal from Tottenham blue [00:17.991]Darn sight better off if we knew [00:19.796]Where Billy's bones are resting now [00:21.434]Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee [00:22.976]Took him down from six foot to five-foot-three [00:24.664]Hit him fair and square in the do re mi [00:26.249]That copper won't be having any family [00:28.090]Hey Billy, son, where are you now? [00:29.745]Don't you know that we need you now? [00:31.304]With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow [00:32.999]Where are Billy's bones resting now? [00:34.698]Billy went away with the peacekeeping force [00:36.253]'Cause he loved a bloody good fight of course [00:37.971]Went away in a big khaki van [00:39.565]To the banks of the Willie Jordan [00:41.274]Billy saw the Arabs and he had 'em on the run [00:42.807]When he got 'em in the range of his sub-machine gun [00:44.658]Then he had Israelis in his sights [00:46.258]Went a ra-ta-ta and they ran like shiites [00:48.086]Hey Billy, son, where are you now? [00:49.733]Don't you know that we need you now? [00:51.298]With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow [00:53.151]Where are Billy's bones resting now? [01:08.077]Hey Billy, son, where are you now? [01:09.739]Don't you know that we need you now? [01:11.285]With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow [01:13.043]Where are Billy's bones resting now? [01:14.787]One night Billy had a rare old time [01:16.374]Laughing and singing on the Lebanon line [01:18.031]Came back to camp not looking too pretty [01:19.595]Never even got to see the Holy City [01:22.508]Now Billy's out there in the desert sun [01:26.786]And his mother cries when the morning comes [01:32.173]And there's mothers crying all over this world [01:37.576]For their poor dead darling boys and girls [01:39.746]Hey Billy, son, where are you now? [01:41.378]Don't you know that we need you now? [01:42.989]With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow [01:44.752]Where are Billy's bones resting now? [01:46.199]With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow (Have a Billy holiday) [01:47.963]Where are Billy's bones resting now? [01:47.964]Born on a Monday [01:49.684]Married on a Tuesday [01:51.327]Drunk on a Wednesday [01:52.818]Got plugged on a Thursday [01:54.587]Sick on a Friday [01:56.357]Died on a Saturday [01:57.984]Buried on a Sunday