Grace Bergere - Billy Lyrics

I fell through the floor of that dirty old place

Where the candlelight lit every look on your face

And that one untouched room

Holds a place in my heart

That home never did



We lay on the bed hoping that we were safe

From the ceiling that seemed to be raining old paint

And pieces of plaster that lay on the floor

Somehow we were happy



We found all the pieces of other folks lives

Who exactly like us had been so victimized

That they turned to this ruin to hide their broken hearts under dust



And his name was Billy

And he took my money

And he left just as quickly as he came



Why am I happy to watch the world burn

From a window praying my love will return



When he never does



I wouldn't wake up on the day that you left

So you rolled me a cigarette stained with your breath

And I pray that the day when our lonely hearts met

Doesn't fade



And his name was Billy

And he took my money

And he left just as quickly as he came"