Adam Whitehead - Billy Bountain

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Mister Billy Bountain was 80 years old
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A southern man’s son, an old time soul.
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See Billy, really done some hard time
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Paroled San Quentin after serving a dime
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So Billy, Billy Bountain was all but soft.
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Shacked with twin pitbulls in his uptown loft.
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His side chick said “you gon’ get pinched”.
“Not a snow balls chance if I can help it.”

[Chorus]
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Cuz I’m Billy, Billy Bountain The hookup man.
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Your One stop shop for ya weed and cocaine.
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A knockaround guy when most men ain’t.
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An entrepreneur of all the finer things.
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See da girls in town loved Billy Boutain.
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He dare hookup man for da weed and cocaine.
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He could smoke like a butterfly, hum like a bee.
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Could Out-toke Willie with his Appalachian green.

[Verse 2]
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Billy worked all night then slept all day.
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Made his honkey tonk livin up and down Broadway.
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One night, Waylon and Willie came to town.
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Their bus overheated, out on 32 South.
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They knew Billy Bountain had the good stuff.
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Scraped up a grand so they had enough.
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Billy sang a song, might have been four.
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Then dropped a half pound powder ball from his guitar.
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He was calm, cool, couldn’t tell a thing,
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from the music Row legend of Billy Bountain.

[Chorus]
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He’s Billy, Billy Bountain The hookup man.
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One stop shop for ya weed and cocaine.
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A knockaround guy when most men ain’t
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An entrepreneur of all the finer things.
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See da girls in town loved Billy Boutain.
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He dare hookup man for da weed and cocaine.
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He could smoke like a butterfly, hum like a bee.
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Could Out-toke Willie with his Appalachian Green.

[Verse 3]
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Nashvegas hit different back in 84.
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All da deals were done behind studio doors.
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Knock, knock, knock came the FBI.
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Waylon flushed it all down to save his ass one night.
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Billy ended up on the 5 o’clock News.
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As Waylon’s hookup guy, Johnny Cash, Too.
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All of a sudden, Billy’s life was changed.
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Might as wella put this ass in the Hall of Fame.

[Chorus]
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Readin’ Billy, Billy Bountain The hookup man.
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Your One stop shop for ya weed and cocaine.
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A knockaround guy when most men ain’t
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An entrepreneur of all the finer things.
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See da girls in town loved Billy Boutain.
A
He dare hookup man for da weed and cocaine.
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He could smoke like a butterfly, hum like a bee.
A
Could Out-toke Willie with his Appalachian green.