Bill McCai-The Coral

[ti:Bill McCai] [ar:The Coral] [al:Magic And Medicine] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bill McCai - The Coral [00:10.04]Familytaught him right from wrong [00:12.09]With local tales and children's songs [00:14.65]Sunday school was his shelter [00:16.91]With his friends Joe and Walter [00:19.28]Now those days so far away [00:21.64]An empty swing where he once played [00:24.02]Now he's gone so fat and bald [00:26.33]He never thought that he'd grow old [00:29.01]An' everyday when he gets the train [00:31.25]Looks out the window and he thinks in vain [00:34.07]If I could only be that boy again [00:37.68] [00:40.37]Sales job it gets him down [00:42.56]Same old faces same old sounds [00:44.93]Heart attacks orthopedic backs [00:47.36]Documents and labeled racks [00:49.61]His wife can't stand the sight of him [00:52.04]With his routine glass of gin [00:54.22]She makes his lunch of processed ham [00:56.53]I'm waiting for the meter man [00:59.28]An' everyday when he gets the train [01:01.46]Looks out the window and he thinks in vain [01:04.33]If I could only be that boy again Take it away Bill [01:11.32] [01:28.91]He could be that boy again [01:37.28] [01:38.40]Another day another gin [01:40.53]His kids don't even notice him [01:42.83]Something different about his face [01:45.21]His happy smile seems out of place [01:47.51]Family gathered round for tea [01:49.82]Eyes fixed on the new telly [01:52.13]A news flash came then it said Bill McCai was just found dead [01:57.56]No more windows no more trains [01:59.61]Hung himself out in the rain [02:02.49]Now he'll never be that boy again [02:06.23] [02:07.48]And we say Bye bye Bill McCai Bye bye Bill McCai Bye bye Bill McCai