Daniel Romano - Chicken Bill Lyrics
Well I was born in a small border townAnd I left home at a young age and headed on downAnd I started walkingWell I was born in a small border townAnd I left home at a young age and headed on downAnd I started walkingFollowing a white lineI was on the side of a wild rush end freewayWith one pair of clothes and nothing else to my nameWhen a lorry would pass I would pick myself up withA new coat of grit and a fresh layer of dustI was dirty, fully coveredAnd just when the dirt started stinging my eyesAnd I couldn’t decide the ground from the skyA man pulled over and offered a rideSo I took it, I ran right overAnd I got in his truck and sat perfectly stillAnd he said ‘I just gotta stop off at the mill’I said ‘You can take me wherever you will’And I asked him ‘What do they call you?’And he answered ‘Chicken Bill, they call me Chicken Bill’Well, on account of the dirt he thought I was a manAnd he reached out his mint and he shook my filthy handHe said ‘Boy, I got me a farm ‘round the bendAnd I could sure use the help if you got time to land,Catching chickens, chopping their head off, locking them up’All right, run aroundSo I worked for old Bill and his beautiful wifeWho would cook up a chicken for us every nightAnd just when I thought everything was alrightHe sat me down, he said ‘I’m skipping town,Going …around’And I said ‘How could you live such a woman behind?’Then the look on his face helped me open my eyesAnd for the first time I saw Chicken Bill’s other sideHe sat down beside me, all nervous and shyAnd he told me the real story of Chicken Bill
