Billy In The Lowground
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Billy was a no one, a small town kid
But he loved to play his guitar
And the people who saw his picking
They would come from near and far
Billy had heard the whispers saying
This kid can play real good
When they asked him how he did it
He said it's just in my blood to play
Billy'd be the first to admit
He's not the sharpest tool in the shed
And his teachers they would ask him
If he had anything in his head
It would seem that they missed the point
'Cause there was one thing they didn't know
Oh, he didn't know much about decimal points
But he could sure put on a show
Every weekday after school
It's off to the local bar
Through the hordes of drinkers at Smokey Joe's
There'd be a smoking guitar
Everybody knew that corner was where
Billy ran the show
Just one look at his flying hands
And you'd never want to go
One dark night at Smokey's
When Billy was on fire
Out from the shadows stepped a man in black
And Billy he did admire
He said son where you see yourself in twenty years time
It can't be in this dive
I know people at the top of the tree
Who can bring your career to life
Billy, he went back that night
And he stared straight at the stars
Am I really gonna spend the rest of my life
Playing second string low key bars
So he picked up his guitar beside him
And began to play like never before
And the tune rang out so crisp and clear
Even the stars were screaming for more
Billy never once considered
Moving out of town
He owed it to the place where
The love of his music could be found
The low grounds may be simple
But simplicity is gold
And Billy was the golden kid
Who really broke the mold
So the next time you ever find yourself
In a smokey Dutch bar
Won't you check the darkest corner
Just in case there's a smoking guitar
For if you ever set your eyes
On the boy who never sold out
You can bet your boots that you
Will never want to go without