Pogues - Billy's Bones Lyrics
Billy ran around with the rare old crewAnd he knew an arsenal from tottenham blueWed be a darn sight better of if we knewWhere billys bones are resting nowBilly saw a copper and he hit him in the kneeAnd he took him down from six foot to five foot threeThen he hit him fair and square in the do-re-miThat copper wont be having any familyHey billy son where are you nowDont you know that we need you nowWith a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-towWhere are billys bones resting nowBilly went away with the peace-keeping forcecause he liked a bloody good fight of courseWent away in an old khaki van to the banks of the river jordanBilly saw the arabs and he had em on the runWhen he got em in the range of his sub-machine gunThen he had the israelis in his sights, went a ra-ta-taAnd they ran like shiitesHey billy son where are you nowDont you know that we need you nowWith a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-towWhere are billys bones resting nowOne night billy had a rare old time,Laughing and singing on the lebanon lineCame back to camp not looking too prettyNever even got to see the holy cityNow billys out there in the desert sunAnd his mother cries when the morning comesAnd theres mothers crying all over this worldFor their poor dead darling boys and girlsHey billy son where are you nowDont you know that we need you nowWith a ra-ta-ta and the old kow-towWhere are billys bones resting nowHave a billy holidayBorn on a mondayMarried on a tuesdayDrunk on a wednesdayGot plugged on a thursdaySick on a fridayDied on a saturdayBuried on a sunday
