Smiling Bill Mccall

[ti:Smiling Bill Mccall] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Old School Country Classics: The 1960's, Vol. 8] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.65]Smiling Bill Mccall - The Hit Crew [00:02.61] [00:05.37]Well the whole town listened to the radio [00:07.71]For the Smiling Bill McCall Show [00:10.17]Everyone in Nashville [00:12.10]Was listenin' to Bill [00:13.99] [00:14.57]I don't want to be layin' in bed [00:16.68]When they pronounce me dead [00:19.97]He'd stand and breathe in the microphone [00:22.18]With his guitar hangin' to his knee bone [00:24.83]All the girls just sat and dreamed [00:27.14]When Bill began his sing [00:29.05]I don't want my hat to be hung [00:31.40]When my last song is sung [00:33.83] [00:34.73]But he never let fame go to his head [00:37.01]"This is Smiling Bill McCall" he said [00:39.65]"Gonna pick and sing a song or two [00:41.66]You all listen till I'm through" [00:43.78]And if you're at the house or in your car [00:46.53]Tune in this time tomorrow [00:49.60]To all the boys he was a big hero [00:51.64]They'd glue their ears to the radio [00:53.79]Then talkin' a most unusual drawl [00:55.19] [00:56.28]Imitatin' Bill McCall [00:58.68]Daddy can I get me a guitar [01:00.93]'Cause I want to be a star [01:02.50] [01:04.35]The girls would say of Bill McCall [01:06.52]Why I bet he's over six feet tall [01:09.07]Handsomest man in Nashville [01:10.22] [01:10.78]They said of Smiling Bill [01:13.27]He won't be plantin' potato slips [01:15.55]When he cashes in his chips [01:18.92]Then one day Bill didn't make the show [01:21.11]Didn't even show up for a week or so [01:23.49]The station's boss said to city hall [01:25.57]"Find Smiling Bill McCall" [01:26.80] [01:27.94]It won't be hard to track him down [01:30.19]He's got the biggest feet in town [01:33.56]Well there's a creek that runs through Nashville [01:35.82]And on the bank they found Smiling Bill [01:38.72]He's committin' suicide [01:39.87]But they grabbed him before he tried [01:42.94]"Turn me loose I want to jump" he screamed [01:44.36]"'Cause I can't stand that theme" [01:47.57]Let this be my final breath [01:49.26]'Cause I'm scared to half to death" [01:51.73]The big brave Smiling Bill McCall [01:53.90]Is only four feet tall [01:56.23]I'd rather be in the river dead [01:58.32]Than to hear 'em laughin' at my bald head