Jewel - Billy Lyrics
I know little billy from the small time townMa and pa meant well but they just werent aroundBut he would learn what little they had taughtThey told him, heaven is hard but hell is notHe remembers papas words before he diedHe said, word hard son, you must change the tideBefore our people have liberation, you can never restOn your shoulders, lies our future boy, so do your bestDo more than your bestNever forgot the burden of his fathers wordsHe lost his own life and lived the worldsNo one told billy theres somethings one man just cant doTakes time to forgive and equality to take more before its throughJust takes timeBut still billy went down to the big time townHoping to find some justice there,But God how it all seems cynical through the eyes of despairHe no longer saw in color, he only saw black and whiteThere were never people behind thses facesUntil he realized one man cant winCant win this fightSo billy went back to small time townHe got a life and he settled downHe teaches children who never really thoughtHe told them, heaven is hard and hell isHeaven is hard and hell isHell is not worth fighting for.Transcribed by adam longfellow
