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Smiling Bill Mccall

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[Verse]
DWell, the whole town listened to the radio For the Smiling Bill McCall SEhow
Everyone in Nashville Was listenin' to BiDll
I don't want to be layin' in bed When they pronounce me dead
He'd stand and breathe in the microphone With hiAs guitar hangin' to his knee bone
ADll the girls just sat and dreamed When Bill began his sing
I don't want my hat to be hung When my last song is sung
But he neAver let faDme go to his hGead "This is Smiling Bill McACall", he said
"Gonna pick and sEing a song or two You aDll listen till I'm through"
And if you're at the house or in your car Tune in this time tomorrow
To all the boys he was a big hero They'd glue their eAars to the radio
Then talkin' a most unusual drDawl Imitatin' Bill McCall
Daddy, can I get me a guitar 'Cause I want to be a star
The giDrls would say of Bill McCAall Why I bet he's over six feet tall
Handsomest man in Nashville They said of SmiDling Bill
He won't be plantin' potato slips When he cashes in his chips
Then one day Bill didn't make the show DiGdn't even show Aup for a week or Cso
The station's bDoss said to city hEall "Find Smiling BDill McCall"
It won't be hard to track him down He's got the biggest feet in town
Well, there's a creek that runs through NashAville And on the bank they found Smiling Bill
He's commiCttin' suicide But they graFbbed him before he tGried
"DTurn me loose, I want to jump", he screamed "'Cause I can't stand that theme"
Let this be my final breath 'Cause I'm scared to half to death"
The big brave Smiling Bill McCall Is only four feet tall
I'd rather be in the river dead Than to hear 'em laCughin' at my bald heDad
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