BILLY WAS A ROCKER
DOWN IN BATON ROUGE
HE LIKED TO SING
COUNTRY IN HIS
TENNIS SHOES
HE GREW UP
IN THE SIXTIES
ON ROCK AND ROLL
BUT HE GOT HIM A GIG
IN A COUNTRY SHOW
HE TRAVELED
WITH THEM ALL
ACROSS THE U.S.A.
BUT ONE NIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SET THEY SAY
HE GOT HIS ROCKIN'
RHYTHM ROOTS
AND COUNTRY CONFUSED
HE SANG
THE YODELIN' BLUES
AH DA LEY DE OH DOL
DEE DUM DUM
AH DE LEY DE
AH DO LEE DOH
AH DE LEY EE OH LO
LEY EE
DA LEE DUM DUM
WELL THE BAND
THOUGHT BILLY
WAS A CRAZY FOOL
BUT THAT
YODELIN' THING HE DID
WAS POWERFUL COOL
SO THEY WORKED
ALL WEEK
AND GOT IT JUST RIGHT
TO PLAY THEM
AT THE CLUB AGAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT
AND THE CROWD
WENT SCREAMIN' CRAZY
PLUM UNGLUED
ALL THE GIRLS
THOUGHT BILLY
WAS A HAPPENIN' DUDE
THEY SAID
HEY HEY BILLY
DO WHATEVER
YOU CHOOSE
JUST SING
THE YODELIN' BLUES
AH DA LEY DE OH DE LEE
DUM DUM
AH DE LEY DE AH
DO LEE DOH
AH DE LEY EE OH LO
LEY EE DA LEE
DUM DUM
SO THEY GOT A BIG BUS
AND A SEMI TOO
A HIT SONG
RECORD DEAL
DREAM COME TRUE
YOU CAN SEE 'EM
ON THE T.V.
AND THE
FRONT PAGE NEWS
THEY'RE DONE
PAYIN' THEIR DUES
LONG AS BILLY SINGS
THE YODELIN' BLUES
AH DA LEY DEE
OH DOL LEE DUM DUM
AH DE LEY DEE AH
DO LEE DOH
AH DE LEY EE OH LO
LEY EE DA LEE DUM DUM
YEAH YEAH
AH DA LEY DE OH DA LEE
OH DA LEE DUM DUM
AH DA LEY DEE AH
DO LEE DOE
AH DA LEY YEE DUM DUM
DO DO DO DO DUM DUM