Waifs - Billy Jones lyrics
rate meWell we grew up together in an urban town<br />
Just me and Billy Jones always hanging around<br />
He was a Mumma’s little boy, he was an only child<br />
His clothes were always neat and his hair carefully styled<br />
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All the games we’d play I couldn’t understand why<br />
I’d have to play the groom and let Billy be the bride<br />
All those pretty dresses that he’s love to wear<br />
I’d wear a floppy hat Billy he’d put flowers in his hair<br />
He’d even wear my underwear and put flowers in his hair<br />
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A few years later you know we kinda drifted apart<br />
My family moved south to make a new start<br />
I missed Billy, Mum said that was wrong<br />
Dad said ‘That boy just don’t know where he belongs’<br />
Where does he belong?<br />
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A few years later I was working in a bar<br />
It was smoky and dark, there was a blues man playing guitar<br />
When in walked a woman wearing emerald green<br />
With a voluptuous figure, she was beautiful and lean<br />
She was looking pretty mean<br />
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A full martini shaken not stirred<br />
It was only until about after her third<br />
I started looking closely, man I should have known!<br />
It was my old friend; you guessed it, Billy Jones<br />
Oh my god Billy Jones! Oh shit Billy Jones!<br />
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Tears filled our eyes as we began to speak<br />
He’d been living a lie, a life so discreet<br />
It made me feel sad to hear him say<br />
In a voice so sweet ‘Honey you can call me Jane’<br />
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As the night wore on we spoke of yesterday<br />
And how Billy has always known that he was gay<br />
I never knew how much a person could change<br />
From little Billy Jones to lean, luscious Jane<br />
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Billy Jane Jones this comes from my heart<br />
I hope your nights are filled with a thousand stars<br />
But don’t waste your sweetness in the empty air<br />
‘Cause you don’t know how cold and dark it is out there<br />
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This is the ballad of Billy Jane Jones
