Billy Waters Songtext
von Maz O’Connor

Here stand I, sand between my toes
Longing for the home that I′ve never known
Worn down shoes and worn down clothes
And nowhere to lay down my worn down bones
Nowhere to lay down my bones

There stands Billy, a gleam in his eye
One leg short and a glass drunk dry
He smells like seashells, sleeps under the sky
And he'll play that tune ′til the day he dies
He'll play that tune 'til the day he dies

Roll you rolling waters
Oh, Billy, play us a tune
Won′t you play it for me?
I long for the sea
And nobody plays like you, like you
Nobody plays like you


It′s sixteen years since we sailed the salt seas
And time's been no friend to you or to me
It′s sixteen years since we sailed to the sun
And, Billy, what have we done, done, done?
Billy, what have we done?

Oh, play to me that melody
Of waters sweet and waters deep
It rolls me away from the rolling waves
It rolls me down to my sleep
It rolls me down to my sleep

Roll you rolling waters
Oh, Billy, play us a tune
Won't you play it for me?
I long for the sea
And nobody plays like you, like you
Nobody plays like you

Roll you rolling waters
Oh, Billy, play us a tune
Won′t you play it for me?
I long for the sea
And nobody plays like you, like you
Nobody plays like you

Nobody plays like you, like you
Nobody plays like you


Wasn't it you
Painted me in blue?