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Billy Was a Punk (But Now He's Dead)

from Paper Ceilings by Paper Ceilings

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there once was a kid named billy / he had a bright red bike / he rode it to all the local punk shows / and when he arrived / he'd hang out with the bands / and when they'd play / he'd sing and he'd dance / cause billy was a punk but now he's dead / a few years down the road / billy started his own band / he only knew three chords / but they toured all across the land / and after all the shows / they released a seven inch / no one really liked it / it never left the bargain bin / billy was a punk but now he's dead / one night billy was talking to this bassist from chicago / they were talking about records / about the ergs and the bouncing souls / and suddenly the sky turned all sorts of colors / and out from the clouds came a u.f.o. / and that bassist from chicago turned out to be an alien / he took billy to his planet / never to be seen again / and when they landed on the planet / billy was thrown in the zoo in a cage next to joey ramone / and billy said to joey / man i thought you were dead / but joey shook his head and mumbled gabba gabba no / and on the other side sat a lonely sid vicious / presumed dead for years but no one really missed him / he had a beat up bass but it wasn't plugged in / he played anarchy in the u.k. for some parents and their little kids / billy was a punk but now he's dead / and for the next three years / billy played shows straight through the night / and all the little green hardcore kids just laughed at the sight / but billy had a plan / yes billy had a plan / the zookeepers came in / billy was clearly dead / guitar strings around his neck / and then everyone bought his records and loved him / and then everyone bought his records and loved him / and they all got tattoos to spread the sad sad news / that billy was a punk but now he's dead.

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from Paper Ceilings, released August 11, 2012

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