Billy Overcame His Size Lyrics - Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard

Billy never made the football team 

'Cause Billy's size was small 

But Billy's brother was a mighty lad 

And played a lot of high school ball 

And Billy's daddy never favored him 

He catered to the bigger guys 

But later on in a bigger way 

Billy overcame his size 

The years flew by and Billy grew 

But he never got very big 

We called him shorty but he never got mad 

He was always good for a dig 

And we paid no mind when he fell in line 

And left with the other guys 

And the Sargent laughed at his skinny frame 

But Billy overcame his size 

Billy overcame his size 

Yeah, Billy overcame his size 

Later on in a bigger way 

Bill overcame his size 

Billy's brother made a football star 

And the biggest man in town 

And the scholarship that kept him home 

Never seemed to bring him down 

But on the other hand his brother Bill 

Put pride in his daddy's eyes 

When he died to save those other men 

Billy overcame his size 

Billy overcame his size 

Billy overcame his size 

When he died to save those other men 

Billy overcame his size