Billy And Sue:BJ Thomas.
#23 RPM CANADA and #34 on BB Hot 100
on SCEPTER Records in 1966.
Intro: C Am C Am
#1.
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This is the story about Billy and Sue, they were
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as in love as were any two.
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And yet Billy had to die..and when you hear the
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reason why, you'll hang your head and cry.
#2.
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Billy and Sue met the first day of school and ever
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since lived by the Golden Rule.
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Because they'll do unto others, what you wouldn't
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want done to you..you'd have to be a fool.
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This mutual agreement of love and trust, they would
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travel the road to marriage or bust.
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And when Billy was old enough to take a wife, he was
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old enough to fight for his country and its way of life.
Bridge:
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Sues' letters came every day..strengthened his cause,
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they showed him the way, to fight for his country and
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the girl he loved..that's a soldier's only pay.
#4.
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But then Billy heard no more from Sue, he was worried
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sick, but what could he do?
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The bullets were screaming as he hugged the ground,
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and back home..Sue was runnin' round.
#5.
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Billy was gettin' less and less strong, his hope, his fate,
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was almost gone.
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And then like a miracle a letter appeared..Billy tore the
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letter open and he read, Dear John.
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A look came over Billy that would scare a ghost..a familiar
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look seen on soldiers coast to coast.
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And even though the air was filled with lead, Billy jumped
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up..they shot him dead.
OUTRO:
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Billy was buried in a far away grave, it read, for his country,
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his life he gave.
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But that epitaph was only in part..he didn't die from a bullet,
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but he died, from a broken heart.
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A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.