Billy's Bones - The Janice Long Show, July 1985, Live

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
 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 peacekeeping force
 'Cause he liked a bloody good fight of course
 Went away in a big khaki van
 To the banks of the willy 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 shit
 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?
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 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
 He 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 mother's 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?
 With a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-tow (hello Billy, hello Billy)
 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