Chicken Bill-Daniel Romano

[ti:Chicken Bill] [ar:Daniel Romano] [al:Come Cry With Me] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Chicken Bill - Daniel Romano [00:12.31]Well I was born in a small border town [00:14.29]And I left home at a young age [00:15.79]And headed on down [00:16.64] [00:18.33]And I started walking [00:19.27] [00:20.65]Following a white line [00:21.99] [00:23.28]I was on the side of a wild rush end freeway [00:25.48]With one pair of clothes [00:26.56]And nothing else to my name [00:27.73]When a lorry would pass [00:28.78]I would pick myself up with [00:29.91]A new coat of grit [00:30.87] [00:31.46]And a fresh layer of dust [00:32.72] [00:33.85]I was dirty [00:34.92] [00:35.95]Fully covered [00:36.97] [00:40.83]And just when the dirt started stinging my eyes [00:42.95]And I couldn't decide the ground from the sky [00:45.33]A man pulled over and offered a ride [00:47.26]So I took it [00:48.31] [00:49.20]I ran right over [00:50.25] [00:54.00]And I got in his truck and sat perfectly still [00:56.23]And he said [00:56.88]I just gotta stop off at the mill [00:58.26]I said [00:58.80]You can take me wherever you will [01:00.46]And I asked him [01:01.38]What do they call you [01:02.19] [01:02.81]And he answered [01:03.65] [01:04.76]Chicken Bill they call me Chicken Bill [01:09.31]Chicken Bill [01:10.52] [01:11.61]Well on account of the dirt [01:12.72]He thought I was a man [01:13.68]And he reached out his mint [01:14.78]And he shook my filthy hand [01:15.84]He said [01:16.51]Boy I got me a farm round the bend [01:18.09]And I could sure use the help [01:19.40]If you got time to land [01:20.60] [01:22.40]Catching chickens [01:23.48] [01:24.51]Chopping their head off [01:26.02] [01:26.75]Locking them up [01:27.80] [01:29.95]All right run around [01:31.34] [01:52.29]So I worked for old Bill [01:53.47]And his beautiful wife [01:54.59]Who would cook up a chicken for us every night [01:56.88]And just when I thought everything was alright [01:58.85]He sat me down [01:59.67] [02:00.42]He said [02:00.94]I'm skipping town [02:02.01] [02:03.04]Going around [02:03.78] [02:07.76]And I said [02:08.31]How could you live such a woman behind [02:09.91]Then the look on his face helped me open my eyes [02:12.15]And for the first time [02:13.04]I saw Chicken Bill's other side [02:14.47]He sat down beside me [02:15.63]All nervous and shy [02:17.54] [02:18.61]And he told me the real story of Chicken Bill