Holly Dunn - Rock-a-Billy Lyrics lyrics

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(Holly Dunn)

Billy was born in a one room shack

On the Tennessee line by the railroad track

Caught a bad fever and he went blind

And his daddy ran off about the same time

His mama didn't know what to do with the boy

So she gave him daddy's old guitar as a toy.

Billy used to sit on the front porch swing

Pullin' off licks and bendin' those strings

Playing to the rhythm of the southbound train

Notes flyin' off his fingers like a hurricane

Couldn't see nothing never said a word

But he could sure imitate anything he heard.

He could rock he could roll (rock rock rock rockabilly)

Cry blues with soul (rock rock rock rockabilly)

Never went to school one single day but oh that boy could play

He could rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy.

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One day a man came to Billy's town

To hear that boy and his guitar sound

He said son you should be a star

Now Billy's ridin' around in a big long car

Making more money than he'll ever spend

'Cause he still has what he had back then.

He can rock he could roll (rock rock rock rockabilly)

Cry blues with soul (rock rock rock rockabilly)

Never went to school one single day but oh that boy could play

He could rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy.

He can rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy...