Smiling Bill McCall

Well, the whole town listened
To the radio for the smiling bill
Mccall show everyone in nashville
Was listening to bill

I don't want to be laying in bed
When they pronounce me dead

He'd stand and breathe in the
Microphone with his guitar hanging
To his knee bone all the girls just
Sat and dreamed when bill began
His song

I don't want my hat to be hung
When my last song is sung

But he never let fame go to his head
This is smiling bill mccall, he said
Going to pick and sing a song or two
You all listen until 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 ears to the radio
Then talking a most unusual drawl
Imitating bill mccall

Daddy, can I get a guitar
Cause I want to be a star

The girls would say of bill mccall
Why I bet he's over six feet tall
Handsomest man in nashville
They said of smiling bill

He won't be planting potato slips
When he cashes in his chips

Then one day bill didn't make the
Show didn't even show up for a
Week or so the station's boss said
To city hall find smiling bill 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 nashville and on the
Bank they found smiling bill
He's committing suicide but
They grabbed him before he tried

Turn me loose, I want to jump
He screamed because I can't
Stand that theme let this be my
Final breath because 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 them laughing
At my bald head