Gin Billy

"Gin Billy"
by Christopher A. Miller
©1999

Sent away by his momma since the day he was born
Raised by a bootleg, strainin' that corn
Woke up in a bottle and it's there that he mourns
Gin Billy

Rolled across the country on the wrong side of the tracks
Pretending he was something in his circus acts
Everybody loved him but it's love that he lacks
Gin Billy

He made a name for himself, having no name at at
His claim to fame was how he made his fall
Gin Billy

(instrumental)

He made a name for himself, having no name at at
His claim to fame was how he made his fall
Gin Billy

His pain and neglect continued unchecked
Respectable Rejectables thought him suspect
Doomed by his liquor's promise to protect
Gin Billy