Billy

Billy said he's got it figured out again Billy said he found a way out of the mess Bill said the system was corrupt Bill said the system was corrupt

Billy came from somewhere, Louisiana Went around the world to mend a broken heart Billy was living for the road... Billy was living for the road...

Billy made love to a girl in Iowa Met her in a bar in Des Moines She was wearing a helmet signed by Elvis That her mama got before the war For her papa who never came home So they sent a flag to her door That she wears like a super hero As she speeds up through the empty streets That her daddy fought to keep so clean From the monsters hiding over seas From the monsters screaming on TV

Billy had a dream of flying aeroplanes Cruising through the clouds above the rain Billy didn't want to drop no atom bomb Billy just wanted to write a song For a girl he met in Iowa Billy never saw her face again Billy never was the same again And every time he sees another flag Just remembers the story of her dad And the helmet that he never had

Billy why you hiding behind the glass? Billy why you running from the past?