Karaoké Billy, Don't Be a Hero Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods

The marching band came down along Main Street

The soldier blues fell in behind

I looked across and there I saw Billy waitin' to go and join the line

And with her head upon his shoulder

His young and lovely fiancee

From where I stood

I saw she was cryin'

And through her tears

I heard her say

Billy don't be a hero don't be a fool with your life

Billy don't be a hero come back and make me your wife

And as he started to go she said

Billy, keep your head low

Billy don't be a hero come back to me

The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside

The battle ragin' all around

The sergeant cried

We've got to hang on boys

We got to hold this piece of ground

I need a volunteer to ride up

And bring us back some extra men

And Billy's hand was up in a moment forgettin' all the words she said

She said

Billy don't be a hero don't be a fool with your life

Billy don't be a hero come back and make me your wife

And as he started to go she said

Billy, keep your head low

Billy don't be a hero come back to me

I heard his fiancee got a letter

That told how Billy died that day

The letter said that he was a hero

She should be proud he died that way

I heard she threw the letter away