Billy Don't Be a Hero
The Doug Anthony All Stars
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The marchin' band came down along Main Street
The soldier-blues fell in behind (Ba-da da-da-da)
I looked across and there I saw Billy (I'm Billy!)
Waiting to go and join the line (I'm gonna join the line!)
And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancée
From where I stood I saw she was crying
And through her tears I heard her say
[PAUL Spoken: Aw, Billy don't go and do it!
You go and do it you can fuckin' consider yourself dropped 'cause
I'm not gonna 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
(Ba-da da-da da-da-da)
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
(Do you want sultanas with her?)
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 (Ba da-da da-da)
The sergeant said, "We've gotta hang on, boys
We've gotta hold this piece of ground"
Hold it boys
"I need a volunteer to ride up
And bring us back some extra men"
And Billy's hand was up in a moment (Up in a Mormon?)
Forgettin' all the words she said (Go bless the car)
"Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
(Ba-da da-da da-da-da)
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 fiancée got a letter
Saying how Billy died that day (Stupidly) (Horribly)
(Oh my God, Billy!)
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