Rock-a-billy Lyrics - Holly Dunn

Billy was born in a one room shack 

On the Tennessee line by the railroad track 

Caught a bad fever and he went blind 

And his daddy ran off about the same time 

His mama didn't know what to do with the boy 

So she gave him daddy's old guitar as a toy 

Billy used to sit on the front porch swing 

Pulling off licks and bending those strings 

Playing to the rhythm of the south band train 

Notes flying off his fingers like a hurricane 

Couldn't see nothing, never said a word 

But he could sure imitate anything he heard 

He could rock, he could roll 

(Rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy) 

Cry blues with soul 

(Rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy) 

Never went to school one single day 

But oh that boy could play 

He could rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy 

One day a man came to Billy's town 

To hear that boy and his guitar sound 

He said, "Son, you should be a star" 

Now Billy's riding around in a big long car 

Making more money than he'll ever spend 

'Cause he still has what he had back then 

He could rock, he could roll 

(Rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy) 

Cry blues, with soul 

(Rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy) 

Never went to school one single day 

But, oh, that boy could play 

He could rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy 

He could rock, rock, rock, rock-a-billy