Smiling Bill McCall Lyrics
(Johnny Cash)
Well, the whole town listen to the radio for the Smiling Bill McCall-Show
Everyone in Nashville is listenin' to Bill
I don't want to be laying in bed when they pronounce me dead
He'd stand and breathe in the microphone with his guitar hanging to his knee bone
All the girls will sit and dream when Bill begin to sing
I don't want my head to be hung when my last song is sung
But he never let fame go to his head, this is Smiling Bill McCall, he said
Gonna pick and sing a song or two, you'll all listen till I'm through
And if you are at the house or in the car, tune in this time tomorrow
To all the boys, he was a big hero that glued their ears to the radio
And talking a most unusual drawl, him a-taking Bill McCall
Daddy can I get me a guitar, 'cause I want to be a star
The girl that said, Bill McCall, I'll bet he is over six feet tall
Handsomest man in Nashville, they said, is Smiling Bill
He won't be planting potatoes-slips when the cash is his chips
Then one day Bill didn't make the show, didn't even show up for a week or so
The Station-Boss said, the cityhall finds Smiling Bill McCall
It won't be hard to track him down, he's got the biggest feet in town
Well, there is a creek that runs through Nashville and on the bank, they found Smiling Bill He's committing suicide, but they grabbed him before he tried
Turn me loose, I'm on the jump, he screamed, 'cause I can't stand that scene
Let this be my final breath, 'cause I'm scared half to death
The Big Brave Smiling Bill McCall is only four feet tall
I'd rather be in the river dead than to hear them laugh at that my bald head
To pronounce someone dead = jdn. für tot erklären
Potato-slips = Kartoffelsetzlinge
City hall = Rathaus (USA)Town hall (Engl.)
Bald head = Glatzkopf
