Larry Read: Music

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The Billy Goat next door eats everything in sight
He causes lots of problems with his monstrous appetite
He’s eaten mother’s apron and chewed up dad’s guitar
He even ate the license plate right off his owner’s car.

Oh Billy Goat, Oh Billy Goat, you just keep doing wrong
I think that they might ship you off if you keep this up for long
How does your stomach handle it? Where does all that stuff go?
You’re more like a pig than a Billy Goat named Moe!

The teachers won’t believe me when my homework disappears
I tell them it’s that Billy Goat but they just laugh themselves to tears
That very naughty Billy Goat will get it some day soon
And when he does, I promise you, he’ll sing a different tune!

Oh Billy Goat, Oh Billy Goat, you just keep doing wrong
I think that they might ship you off if you keep this up for long
How does your stomach handle it? Where does all that stuff go?
You’re more like a pig than a Billy Goat named Moe!

Now you won’t believe this, but the Sheriff’s after Moe
He went and ate the handcuffs off some guy named Joe
When the sheriff finally caught the beast, he was really quite a sight
Every part of his uniform had a hole or a bite.

Oh Billy Goat, Oh Billy Goat, you just keep doing wrong
I think that they might ship you off if you keep this up for long
How does your stomach handle it? Where does all that stuff go?
You’re more like a pig than a Billy Goat named Moe!

Moe returned from jail today hungry for a bite
But instead of brownish gray, Moe was striped in black and white
He strolled up our driveway to my favorite baseball bat
He grinned as he swallowed it, then he ate dad’s western hat!

Oh Billy Goat, Oh Billy Goat, you just keep doing wrong
I think that they might ship you off if you keep this up for long
How does your stomach handle it? Where does all that stuff go?
You’re more like a pig than a Billy Goat named Moe!

Now Moe has finally gone too far when he snuck inside our home
He ate the paint right off the walls, then chewed up our new phone
He ate the friderator, then swallowed mom’s new pearls – It’s true!
Now their gonna ship him off to the county zoo!

Oh Billy Goat, Oh Billy Goat, you kept doing wrong
I told you they would ship you off if you kept this up for long.
How does your stomach handle it? Where does all that stuff go?
You’re more like a pig than a Billy Goat named Moe!