Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

Oh Billy Brown had lived an ordinary life.

Two kids, a dog, and a cautionary wife.

While it was all going according to plan

Then Billy Brown fell in love with another man.

He met his lover almost every single day

Making excuses through his (dodly) holiday

(Unto religion that he said and duty found

They didn’t know that his faith was (earthlic) bound)

Chorus

Brown

Oh Billy Brown.

Don’t let the stars get you down.

Don’t let the waves let you drown.

Brown… Oh Billy Brown.

Gonna pick you up like a paper cup.

Gonna shake the water out of every nook.

Oh Billy Brown.

Verse

Oh Billy Brown needed a place, somewhere to go.

He found an island off the coast of Mexico

Leaving his lover and his family behind.

Oh Billy Brown needed to find some peace of mind.

And on his journey and his travels on the way,

He met a girlie who was brave enough to say,

When they made love he shared the burden of his mind.

Oh Billy Brown you are a victim of the times.

Chorus

Brown… Oh Billy Brown.

Don’t let the stars get you down.

Don’t let the waves let you drown.

Brown… Oh Billy Brown.

Gonna pick you up like a paper cup.

Gonna shake the water out of every nook.

Oh Billy Brown.

Instrumental

Chorus

Brown… Oh Billy Brown.

Gonna pick you up like a paper cup.

Gonna shake the water out of every nook.

Oh Billy Brown.

Verse

Oh Billy Brown had lived an ordinary life.

Two kids, a dog, and a cautionary wife.

While it was all going according to plan

Then Billy Brown fell in love with another man.