Billy's Back At The Bar

I'm down playing at the bar again and old Billy's singing along

He's shouting and he's screaming, he's singing a different song

There's a bottle in his hand and he's leaning on the bar

People start looking around, they think he's taken it too far

He's singing "Love is Blue"

He's singing "Oh What a Night"

He's singing for his mother

He's singing for what's right

But he's wrecking my song and he's wrecking my night

The bar staff serve him coffee and they take him out of sight

I heard he lives around the corner and he's lived there all his life

Lives there with his mother and he never wanted a wife

And at school he played guitar, he used to dance he used to sing

But his father said it's for sissys and blamed Billy for his leaving

He's singing "Love is Blue"

He's singing "Oh What a Night"

He's singing for his mother

He's singing for what's right

But his mother was broke, so he sold his old guitar

Didn't sing again until that night at the bar

We found out the next morning, Billy's mother had passed away

And the songs he was singing, she used to sing to him everyday

And he's back at the bar and he's shouting and he's screaming

He's singing those old songs again

But this time it's like he's dreaming

He's singing "Love is Blue"

He's singing "Oh What a Night"

He's singing for his mother

He's singing for what's right

He's singing "Love is Blue"

He's singing "Oh What a Night"

And we're all singing along

We're singing for what's right