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Billy and the Big C

from SCREECHER by Campfire Cassettes

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Dedicated to Jonathan's cousin James

lyrics

I was small town boy with a city dream
Wanted to be a star on the silver screen
Just Play my guitar and ride horses

A singing cowboy
ropin’ rider
lady killer, “the boy’s fire”
“The boy’s on fire”
“Head west young man, while you’re still in your prime”
You got the talent not the time”

So I moved on out to Los Angeles
Where they pay to play and smoke angel dust
I never seen so many assholes in my life

They like the EDM and the GHB
They got a DJ spinnin at the grocery
I’m just a simple fool with an old guitar and some silly rhymes
Got my headshots, told my folks I was fine
I got the talent not the time

Then I moved on out to New York City
Where the girls play rough so the boys stay pretty
They’ll tie you ooo and they’ll knock you down
Got me a gig at a hotel bar
Where the manager said I could play my guitar
For a twenty bucks, the beer on tap, and a burger and fries
Played my heart out every other Monday Night
I Got the talent not the time

Then i went on back to Pennsylvania
Where all my old friends became strangers
I was pretty sure we had nothing left in common
but we told our stories well into the night
same old stories, felt kinda right
til one of them fuckers just had to ask me, “How’s your life”
some say I got 6 months, some say I got 9.
I got the talent not the time

Doctors, they got a funny way of tellin a man he’s dyin
“I got the talent not the time”

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from SCREECHER, released September 1, 2017

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Campfire Cassettes is a 4 piece party that writes short, fucked up songs, for short fucked up people. So if you like rough sex, hard drugs and aren't afraid of a little blood, you're in the right spot. May we die in our sleep with a smile on our face.

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