Shawn Mullins "Ballad Of Billy Jo Mckay" |
My name's Billy Jo Mckay I just turned 16 yesterday I'm gonna get the nerve one day to get outta here My ma passed on 3 years ago they said It was cancer and it took her slow And ever since then I've been sayin no to my daddy and my tears Now when you come down our road You gotta watch the bump Right there across from the garbage dump You can find me outback, jumpin on the trampoline And in the springtime we'll be skippin school We sneak off to the cantralls swimming pool Man you can't get much cooler Than me and my friend Darlene Now my grandaddys hands are worn From 50 years of growin corn Back behind the house where I was born Before he had to sell And my cousin Eddie He got shot in a Walmart parkin lot This little town's changed alot He said it hurt like hell My name's Billy Jo Mckay It's a hot Mississippi summer Saturday Daddy's on the front porch with uncle Dave Drinkin dixie beer 16 years of bein bored My windows open, forget the door Hope there's some gas in the old mans ford Cause I'm outta here I'm outta here I'm outta here Maybe I'll go down to Biloxi Or maybe to New Orleans Or maybe hotlanta Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |