Billy Belly

For those of you who may not know my husband that well let me tell you, he's really funny. Although I don't think he'd categorize himself as a musician, he is very musical indeed. He goes around much of the time singing some song that he has made up or modified. For example, the other day he got an e-mail from a job recruiter (he's trying to help my brother get a job) named Shane. He then spent the next 15 minutes singing "Shane Shane Shane...Shane the recruiter" to the tune of "Chain of Fools". What ended the 15 minutes of Shane the Recruiter was me laughing and telling him to stop. Below is a wonderful example of a song that Ben wrote. To get the full effect you need to hear the tune and all. I'm still working on him letting me film him singing it, but he's a bit reluctant to do that just yet. I tell him it could be the next craze on youtube or something. Oh, and by the way, I asked him to sing it to me a while ago so I could write down the words. Anyway... Billy Belly.

There was a boy called Billy Belly
He ran away from home
He wouldn’t listen to his mommy or daddy
Wanted to go it alone
Billy Belly barely bit a bit of jelly
Walking down the road
His mom and daddy calling out after him
Billy Belly come home

Billy Belly belly big
Billy Belly barely become
Billy Belly bad he be
Billy Belly come home

Billy Belly robbed a store that day
Stole a Cadillac
Needed money for the long journey
Wasn’t coming back
Billy Belly barely bit a bit of jelly
Driving down the road
Shiny car filled with lots of money
Billy Belly come home

Billy Belly belly big
Billy Belly barely become
Billy Belly bad he be
Billy Belly come home

(bridge) Billy… Belly… come home
Billy.. Belly… come away
Billy Belly’s gone alone
Billy Belly’s gone insane

Headin’ south toward the border goes Billy
To get away from the crowd
Feeling good, Billy’s on the Tele
Nothing to stop him now
Cross the road to get some fries says Billy
Hit by a truck
Falls over and dies poor Billy
Must have been bad luck

Billy Belly belly big
Billy Belly barely become
Billy Belly bad he be
Billy Belly come home