BILLY AND SUE
B.J. Thomas & The Triumphs - 1966


THIS IS A STORY ABOUT BILLY AND SUE 
THEY WERE IN LOVE AS ANY OTHER TWO 
BUT BILLY HAD TO DIE 
AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE REASON WHY  
YOU'LL HANG YOUR HEAD AND CRY 

BILLY AND SUE MET THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 
AND EVER SINCE LIVED BY THE GOLDEN RULE 
WHEN YOU DO UNTO OTHERS 
WHAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT DONE TO YOU 
YOU'D HAVE TO BE A FOOL 

MUTUAL AGREEMENT LED TO LOVE AND TRUST
THEY WOULD TRAVEL THE ROAD TO MARRIAGE OR BUST
BUT WHEN BILLY WAS OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE A WIFE
HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY
AND HIS WAY OF LIFE

SUE'S LETTERS CAME EVERY DAY 
GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH -TO SHOW HIM THE WAY 
TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THE GIRL HE LOVED
THAT'S A SOLDIER'S ONLY FATE

THEN BILLY HEARD NO WORD FROM SUE 
HE WAS WORRIED SICK BUT WHAT COULD HE DO 
THE BULLETS WERE FLYING AS HE HUGGED THE GROUND AND BACK HOME 
SUE WAS RUNNING ROUND 

BILLY WAS GROWING LESS AND LESS STRONG 
HIS HOPE HIS FAITH WAS ALMOST GONE
THEN LIKE A MIRACLE A LETTER APPEARED 
BILLY TORE THE LETTER OPEN AND HE READ 
DEAR JOHN 

A LOOK CAME OVER BILLY THAT WOULD SCARE A GHOST
FAMILIAR LOOK SEEN ON SOLDIERS COAST TO COAST
EVEN THOUGH THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH LEAD 
BILLY JUMPED UP
THEY SHOT HIM DEAD

BILLY WAS BURIED IN A FARAWAY GRAVE THAT READ
FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS LIFE HE GAVE
BUT THE EPITAPH WAS ONLY A PART 
HE DIDN'T DIE FROM A BULLET BUT HE DIED
FROM A BROKEN HEART