The Divine Comedy – Come Home Billy Bird (Guitar)

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William wakes with his clothes on.

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The morning call has been and gone,

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And he might not make the flight but he will try.

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Bit by bit it comes back to him,

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A bunch of Belgian business men

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And a strange drinking game, oh God why?

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Come home Billy Bird, international business traveller.

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Come home Billy Bird.

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He hails a cab but the driver sucks.

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He drives so slowly and he talks so much

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That it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain.

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He runs from the cab to the check-in desk.

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She says, "no way", but William begs on his knees,

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"Please, please, please." "Well OK".

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Come home Billy Bird, international business traveller.

D         Dm
Come home Billy Bird.

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Drenched in sweat he finds his seat

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And with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet

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He begins to think that things can't get no worse.

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But then a voice says, bags that can't be stowed

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In the overhead locker must go below in the hold,

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Please let go, thank-you sir

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Come home Billy Bird, international business traveller.

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Come home Billy Bird.

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Come home William

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Come home

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He runs on past the carousel screaming, damn my luggage all to hell.

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I can buy a new shirt and tie any day.

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He rides from the airport into town,

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To the high-school football ground

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Where his son has just begun his big football game.

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Come home Billy Bird, international business traveller.

D         Dm
Come home Billy Bird.

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Come home Billy Bird, international business traveller.

D         Dm
Come home Billy Bird.

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Come home Billy Bird, international business traveller.

D         Dm
Come home Billy Bird.