Down in the Willow Garden - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Down in the willow garden Where me and my love did meet, As we set there a courtin', My love fell off to sleep. I had a bottle of burgundy wine, My love she did not know. So I poisoned that dear little girl On the banks below. I drew a saber through her, It was a bloody knife, I threw her in the river, Which was a dreadful sight. My father oft had told me That money would set me free If I would murder that dear little girl Whose name was Rose Connelly. My father sits at his cabin door, Wiping his tear dimmed eyes, For his only son soon shall walk To yonder scaffold high. My race is run beneath the sun, The scaffold now waits for me, For I did murder that dear little girl Whose name was Rose Connelly.

Down in the willow garden, me and my love did meet And as we sat a-courting, my love fell off to sleep I had a bottle of burgundy wine; my love, she did not know And so I poisoned that dear little girl along the banks below Along the banks below I drew my saber through her; it was a bloody night I threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight My father often told me that money would set me free And so I murdered that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly Whose name was Rose Connelly My father sits at his cabin door wiping his tear-dimmed eyes His only son soon should walk to yonder scaffold high My race is run beneath the sun; the scaffold now waits for me For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly Whose name was Rose Connelly Whose name was Rose Connelly

I remember Disney World The first time, I was a little girl We met mickey mouse Had dinner just like at your house I remember the lake We played in the sand You drove us in the boat The water was gross But it wasn't fake I know you're scared I am too This is one of those times you'll never be prepared So let's just think About Moose Jaw, about skating rinks Let's think about Birdhouses, playing on the deck Instead of being a wreck I remember birthday cakes Fingers outstretched, wanting to eat icing The memories are as sweet as the taste When we would light the candles and then start to sing Happy birthday to you It was your last one, deep down I knew All those gifts we got you Where did they go What are we supposed to do Now that you've left us here alone We were all scared You were too But we never could've been prepared So let's just think About birthday cakes in the living room Let's think about Grandma macaroni in the afternoon Instead of crying because you were gone too soon All these memories twist around in my head Slept on the floor at the cottage there was no bed We played On sand hills We stayed Wherever you said we will You calmed the storm You kept us warm You took us out to dinner Until you got sicker, thinner Wasting away I always knew you couldn't stay We'll go into the garden I'll start crying again Water the flowers with the tears from my eyes We all saw this coming but it still took me by surprise Daffodils, daisies, ornaments Beautiful things I'll never forget I'm so scared Are you too I was not prepared So now I just think about Visits to your house Yeah I just think About mouse trap About rocking horses About dreams come true I just think about you

Down every road there's always one more city I'm on the run, the highway is my home I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days While mama used to pray my crops would fail I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways: Outrun the law or spend my life in jail I'd like to settle down but they won't let me A fugitive must be a rolling stone Down every road there's always one more city I'm on the run' the highway is my home I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury Of having one I love to come along She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me For he who travels fastest goes alone I'd like to settle down but they won't let me A fugitive must be a rolling stone Down every road there's always one more city I'm on the run' the highway is my home I'm on the run' the highway is my home

Billy Jack Bitch (Billy Jack, Billy Jack) Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch What if I called you silly names Just like the ones that you call me? What if I filled your eyes with tears? So many that you cannot see Do you ever really cry, Billy Jack Bitch? Do you ever really try, Billy Jack Bitch? Do you ever wonder why, Billy Jack Bitch? Billy Jack Bitch Bitch, bitch, bitch Billy Jack Bitch What if I told you that you're worth Only half of what you be? Would you come forth and tell no lies? Would you come forth and talk to me? Do you ever really cry, Billy Jack Bitch? Do you ever really try, Billy Jack Bitch? Do you ever wonder why, Billy Jack Bitch? Billy Jack Bitch Bitch, bitch, bitch Billy Jack Bitch What distortion could you let your pen forget today? What misfortune left your heart so broken you only say Words intended to belittle or dismay? What if I say you lie? Billy Jack Bitch, well Open letters aren't the only things That open wounds Long hard shiny rocket ships Can fly you to the moon Whenever evil wants to groove Come, let me fly you to the moon Then you can see how love will bloom Joy, it's in the dictionary, see J, Billy Jack Bitch Do you ever really cry? Do you ever really try? Do you ever wonder why? Billy Jack Bitch Billy, Billy, oh yeah, yeah, yeah Do you ever really cry, Billy Jack Bitch? Do you ever really try, Billy Jack Bitch? Do you ever wonder why, Billy Jack Bitch? Billy Jack Bitch, Billy, Billy, oh Billy Jack Bitch Billy Jack, Billy Jack Billy Jack Bitch Billy Jack, Billy Jack Billy Jack, Billy Jack Billy Jack, Billy Jack Billy Jack Bitch Solo with that on there Billy Jack Bitch Billy Jack Bitch Please access another experience Please access another experience Billy Jack Bitch Y'all some tight motherf*ckers

I wrote a careless love "Love me not for I'm above Above a cloud all flat and white And with another love tonight" And then a careless love By weighty cloud above Was ground into the floor To loving breathe no more Lady as I leave you Limp on the floor Distorting our voices Slamming the door I say sorry I say bye bye I say miss you I say cry cry

And it's a hard life For a man with no wife Baby, it's a hard life God makes you live But without it Don't doubt it You don't even have Your tears to give I wake up and I'm fine With my dreamings still on my mind But it doesn't take long, you see For the demons to come and visit me And I've got my problems Sometimes love don't solve them And I end each day in a song And it's a hard life For a man with no wife Lord, it's a hard life God makes you live But without it Baby don't doubt it You don't even have Your tears to give I know I'm a hard man To live with sometimes Maybe it ain't in me To make you a happy wife of mine And maybe you'll kill me Honey I don't blame you If I were in your place Maybe that's what I would do But I ain't breathing Let me breath Let me go Let me leave I don't know But I might lose I might bum I hate to blow a fuse So let me go Lay down On my own Let me drown Let me go Go where you don't know