Billy Covington Songtext
von The Great Divide

Billy Covington and a lime green pickup truck
Me and the rest of our friends
We′d pile out with a case of long necks every night
Down where the river bends
One night, Billy got this crazy notion
We'd make a run for the Mexico line
And if things went well, well, what the hell
We might stay for the rest of our lives
You see, he′d say
"I don't want to end up like everyone
Who gets a job and just hangs around his town
Spends the rest of his days under the gun
Desperately trying to convince himself
That these are all of the cards life will deal
'Cause I got my life and I got my dreams
I won′t let this wicked world steal"
So Billy pulled a shotgun on a friend at the Quik Mart
Who just smiled and filled the sack with cash
We about got busted down in Del Rio


Trying to steal a tank of gas
′Cause we were saving every dime we had taken
So we could hide out and live just like kings
But when the coast was clear, King Billy disappeared
And the rest of us were just left out in the streets
Well, it took four days to hitchhike home
I got my job back at the mill
And every now and then, I hear his voice on the wind
And I know that Billy's running still
You see, he′d say
"I don't want to end up like everyone
Who gets a job and just hangs around his town
Spends the rest of his days under the gun
Desperately trying to convince himself
That these are all of the cards life will deal
′Cause I got my life and I got my dreams
I won't let this wicked world steal"
Billy Covington and a lime green pickup truck
Me and the rest of our friends