Doug Anthony All Stars - Billy Don't Be A Hero текст песни

The marching band came down along mainstreet,
The soldier blues fell in behind.
I looked across and there I saw Billy,
Waiting to go join the line.
And with her head upon his shoulder,
His young and lovely fiancee.
And from where I stood I saw she was crying,
And through her tears I heard her say:
"Billy, don't go off to war. If you go to war you can fucking consider yourself dropped,
because I'm not going to make love to you if you're an armless, legless corpse."

Billy don't be a hero,
Don't be a fool with your life.
Billy don't be a hero,
Come back and make me your wife.
And as Billy started to go,
She said "Keep your pretty head low."
Billy don't be a hero,
Come back to me.

The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside,
The battle raging all around.
The sergeant said "We've got to hang on boys.
We've go to hold this piece of ground.
I need a volunteer to ride up,
And bring us back some extra men."
And Billy's hand was up in a moment,
Forgetting all the words she said.

Billy don't be a hero,
Don't be a fool with your life.
Billy don't be a hero,
Come back and make me your wife.
And as Billy started to go,
She said "Where did Billy's head go?"
Billy don't be a hero,
Come back to me.

I heard his fiancee got a letter,
Saying how Billy died that day.
The letter said that he was a hero,
She should be proud he died that way.
I heard she threw the letter away.
And as the mailman started to go,
He said "Keep your pretty head low."
Billy don't be a hero come back to me.