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Billie Sol was a man
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C G
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From the giant Texas land
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D7
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He put the Chamber of Commerce on a limb
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G
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They voted him the best
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C G
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And the government did no less
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D7 G
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Until the I.O.U.'s of Texas fell on him
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C G
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Stand tall, Billie Sol, we don't know you at all
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D7
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We've taken down your pictures from the wall
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G C
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Well, we don't want to handle an agriculture scandal
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G D7 G
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We have got to face elections in the fall
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I remember when
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Bill had influential friends
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He celebrated Christmas every day
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He filled texas banks with his fertilizer tanks
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Influential friends don't die they only fade away
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Stand tall, Billie Sol, we don't know you at all
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We've taken down your pictures from the wall
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Well, we don't want to handle an agriculture scandal
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We have got to face elections in the fall
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The democrats deny
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And Orville Freeman sighs
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He said "Everyone around was fair and square"
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But He was no more convincing
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than Ezra Taft Benson
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As resignations cropped up everywhere
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Stand tall, Billie Sol, we don't know you at all
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We've taken down your pictures from the wall
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Well, we don't want to handle an agriculture scandal
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We have got to face elections in the fall
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And now I'd like to say
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that crime sure doesn't pay
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But if you want to make some money on the sly
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Well you can always rent
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The U.S. Government
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It's the best one that money can buy.
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Stand tall, Billie Sol
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We don't know you at all
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We've take down your pictures from the wall
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Well, we don't want to handle
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and agriculture scandal
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We have got to face elections in the fall
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The Ballad of Billie Sol
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| Phil Ochs |
