Under One Roof-The Rubettes

[ti:Under One Roof] [ar:The Rubettes] [al:The Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.82]Under One Roof - The Rubettes [00:05.62]Written by：John George Richardson/Alan James Williams [00:07.99]Billy ran away from his home to find away to live in peace [00:12.45] [00:14.64]His mama didn't give a damn about him [00:16.86]His papa's on the run from the police [00:18.95] [00:21.07]When billy hit the city the city hit billy [00:24.22]No one needs you when your down and out [00:26.56] [00:27.31]Then one kind guy with the pinated eyes [00:30.27]Piaked him up bailed him out [00:33.78] [00:35.79]Under one roof sharing one room [00:41.25] [00:42.00]Nobody cared about them under one roof [00:51.19] [00:51.79]Sharing one room daring the world to part them [00:59.96] [01:01.87]Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay [01:06.25] [01:08.10]AII day looking round [01:09.85]Getting me down I was being turned away [01:13.30] [01:14.53]And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down [01:17.96]To Billy from up above and for the first time in his life [01:23.19]Billy found out what it felt like to be loved [01:28.02] [01:29.60]Under one roof sharing one love [01:35.06] [01:35.96]Nobody cared about them under one roof [01:45.75]Sharing one love daring the world to part them [01:53.55] [01:55.79]Somehow billy's papa found out all about [01:58.41]The style of billy's life [01:59.97] [02:01.80]And it didn't take long before [02:03.78]He came round and he had a knife [02:06.04] [02:08.52]He cut up Johnny stole all his money [02:11.70]He called him all the names that he could find [02:13.85] [02:14.96]Said he'd wait for billy at the factory tomorrow [02:18.29]And show him what they do to Billy's kind [02:21.88] [02:23.39]Under one roof sharing on love [02:28.59] [02:29.53]Now the whole world knew about them [02:34.32] [02:35.96]Under one roof [02:38.36] [02:39.11]Sharing one love daring the world to part them [02:46.93] [02:48.68]Johnny said 'billy we can away from the world no more [02:53.15] [02:54.74]I'm gonna fetch my daddy [02:56.46]I'm gonna show the world who [02:57.84]I'm living for and if I lose my job [03:02.92]If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true [03:06.46] [03:07.40]He can take away anything from me [03:10.48]But he won't take me from you [03:14.07] [03:15.58]And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory [03:18.56]For him to come and how it did degrade [03:23.18]Him he cut him and he slayed him [03:25.40]And spat on him in front of ev'ryone [03:27.79] [03:28.37]As billy lay dying his papa started crying [03:31.85]Because the parent through him he became [03:33.96] [03:35.07]And all because the person who has the [03:36.93]First to give him love [03:39.34] [03:40.38]Had been a man