Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Ballad of Billie Sol, artist - Phil Ochs. Album song A Toast To Those Who Are Gone, in the genre Date of issue: 23.04.2007
Record label: Phil Ochs
Song language: English
Ballad of Billie Sol |
| Billie sol was a man |
| From the giant texas land |
| He put the chamber of commerce on a limb |
| They voted him the best |
| And the government did no less |
| Until the i.o.u.'s of texas fell on him |
| Stand tall, billie sol, we don’t know you at all |
| We’ve taken down your pictures from the wall |
| Well, we don’t want to handle an agriculture scandal |
| We have got to face elections in the fall |
| I remember when |
| Bill had influential friends |
| He celebrated christmas every day |
| He filled texas banks with his fertilizer tanks |
| Influential friends don’t die they only fade away |
| Stand tall, billie sol, we don’t know you at all |
| We’ve taken down your pictures from the wall |
| Well, we don’t want to handle an agriculture scandal |
| We have got to face elections in the fall |
| The democrats deny |
| And orville freeman sighs |
| He said «everyone around was fair and square» |
| But he was no more convincing |
| Than ezra taft benson |
| As resignations cropped up everywhere |
| Stand tall, billie sol, we don’t know you at all |
| We’ve taken down your pictures from the wall |
| Well, we don’t want to handle an agriculture scandal |
| We have got to face elections in the fall |
| And now I’d like to say |
| That crime sure doesn’t pay |
| But if you want to make some money on the sly |
| Well you can always rent |
| The u.s. |
| government |
| It’s the best one that money can buy. |
| Stand tall, billie sol |
| We don’t know you at all |
| We’ve take down your pictures from the wall |
| Well, we don’t want to handle |
| And agriculture scandal |
| We have got to face elections in the fall |