Smiling Bill Mccall

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Well, the whole town listened to 
the radio For the Smiling Bill 
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McCall Show
Everyone in Nashville Was listenin' 
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to Bill

I don't want to be layin' in bed 
When they pronounce me dead
He'd stand and breathe in the 
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microphone With his guitar hangin' 
to his knee bone
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All the girls just sat and dreamed 
When Bill began his sing

I don't want my hat to be hung When 
my last song is sung
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But he never let fame go to his 
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head "This is Smiling Bill McCall", 
he said
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"Gonna pick and sing a song or two 
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You all listen till I'm through"

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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 
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They'd glue their ears to the radio
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Then talkin' a most unusual drawl 
Imitatin' Bill McCall

Daddy, can I get me a guitar 'Cause 
I want to be a star
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The girls would say of Bill McCall 
Why I bet he's over six feet tall
Handsomest man in Nashville They 
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said of Smiling Bill

He won't be plantin' potato slips 
When he cashes in his chips
Then one day Bill didn't make the 
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show Didn't even show up for a 
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week or so
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The station's boss said to city 
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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 
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through Nashville And on the bank 
they found Smiling Bill
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He's committin' suicide But they 
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grabbed him before he tried
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"Turn me loose, I want to jump", he 
screamed "'Cause I can't stand that 
theme"

Let this be my final breath 'Cause 
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
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 to hear 'em laughin' at my bald 
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head