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Billy Is A Runaway

Released by Iggy Pop in 1979
From the Album: New Values |

This version of Billy Is A Runaway was released by Iggy Pop in 1979.

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Billy was a Bird dog
He pulled up in a Bonneville
I went to see my manager
He usually handles these things

Billy pulled his wallet
Full of hundred dollar bills
Took me for a joyride
Talkin’ ’bout the stereo
Drivin’ in the left lane
I’m thinkin’ ’bout my burial

We pulled into the liquor store
And he was underage
And all he said to me was
Put your money away

‘Cause Billy is a runaway

Billy’s got a Family
Gonna skin him alive
His dope dealing sister
Wants him to join the enterprise

I leave him at the motel
They can talk it all over
His sister’s got a baby now
And Billy hardly knows her

Well I’m a friendly kind of guy
And I had to have him over
I gave him a drink
What do you think
His hands start shakin’
His boots start quakin’

Billy is a runaway

Runaway

His hands start shakin’
His boots start quakin’

Runaway baby

Billy is a runaway


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Iggy Pop has released many songs over the years besides Billy Is A Runaway. Iggy Pop released songs from 1976 to 2003 spanning across albums like The Idiot, Lust For Life, New Values, Soldier, Party, Zombie Birdhouse, Blah-Blah-Blah, Instinct, Brick By Brick, American Caesar, Naughty Little Doggie, Avenue B, Beat 'Em Up, and Skull Ring. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Iggy Pop.

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The lyrics to Billy Is A Runaway are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Iggy Pop used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Billy Is A Runaway have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Iggy Pop and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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