Billy Overcame His Size - 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 HIGHSCHOOL 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