Billy and Sue Lyrics
The song Billy and Sue is performed by B.J. Thomas in the album named Golden Classics: 22 Classic Tracks in the year 1996 .
MUTUAL AGREEMENT LED TO LOVE AND TRUST
THEY WOULD TRAVEL THE ROAD TO MARRIAGE OR BUST
BUT WHEN BILLY WAS OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE A WIFE
HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY---
AND HIS WAY OF LIFE
BRIDGE- SUE'S LETTERS CAME EVERY DAY
GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH -TO SHOW HIM THE WAY
TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THE GIRL HE LOVED---
THAT'S A SOLDIER'S ONLY FATE
THEN BILLY HEARD NO --- WORD FROM SUE
HE WAS WORRIED SICK BUT WHAT COULD HE DO
THE BULLETS WERE FLYING AS HE HUGGED THE GROUND AND BACK HOME
----SUE ----
WAS RUNNING ROUND
BILLY WAS GROWING LESS AND LESS STRONG
HIS HOPE HIS FAITH WAS ALMOST GONE
THEN LIKE A MIRACLE A LETTER APPEARED
BILLY TORE THE LETTER OPEN AND HE READ ---
DEAR JOHN
A LOOK CAME OVER BILLY THAT WOULD SCARE A GHOST
FAMILIAR LOOK SEEN ON SOLDIERS -- COAST TO COAST
EVEN THO THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH LEAD
BILLY JUMPED UP
THEY SHOT HIM DEAD
BILLY WAS BURIED IN A FARAWAY GRAVE THAT READ
FOR HIS COUNTRY -- HIS LIFE HE GAVE
BUT THE EPITAPH -- WAS ONLY A PART
HE DIDN'T DIE FROM A BULLET BUT HE DIED
FROM A BROKEN HEART
From: Jb1strat
B.J. Thomas - Golden Classics: 22 Classic Tracks
Aug 1996
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
- Billy and Sue
- Husbands and Wives
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
- Little Green Apples
- (They Long to Be) Close to You
- This Guys in Love with You
- Sweet Cherry Wine
- Any Day Now
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Song for My Brother
- Happier Than the Morning Sun
- I Believe in Music
- Worst That Could Happen
- Always on My Mind
- Do What You Gotta Do
- That's What Friends Are For
Billy and Sue