Saga of Bill Bailey - Nancy Wilson

Now, you take this morning for example

I floated cornflakes in my coffee

The coffe grounds are wrapped in silk

My piggybank is full of bobbypins and milk

Today what’s right is wrong

Today what’s up is down

Tomorrow could be worse

Tomorrow I may drown

Then everyone will laugh at this old clumsy clown

But listen sweet patutti,

You so and so

You went and did it to me

Why did you have to go away

Won’t you come home Bill Bailey

Won’t you come home

I mourn the whole day long

Now I’ll bake you cookies Billy

with chocolate chips

Now I know, I know I’ve done you wrong

Do you remember that rainy evening

They say I through you out

You left with nothing but a fine-tooth comb

So I’m to blame and I’m ashamed and so all alone

Billy.

Hey Billy Baby come home

An old daddy of mine dropped dead

and so I’m collecting on his life insurance

Come on and spend that money Bill Bailey

Come on home

Now you’ve been away too long

A whole lot of goodies I’ll buy you

I’ll buy you a home, car

Now who said, who said I’ve done you wrong

When you are on my doorstep, patutti

I’ll yell who rang

Its Billy Bailech, Salome

Now who’s to blame, Bill

Who’s ashame, Bill

I’m all alone

Come on, Bailey

Bailey won’t you please come home

I’m looking for you

I’m praying for you

I’m cooking for you

ah turn my flame up

Come home, Bill Bailey

Come on home

Then I’ll sing, I’ll sing no more, no more sad songs

I want that man’s arms around me

I want him til it hurts

Now Bailey, it wrong its wrong, its wrong its wrong

Now do you remember that raining evening

That night that you left

You stole, you stole my fine tooth come

Bailey Bailey, shame, shame

I know it is you who’s to blame

But William Benjamin Bailey

You just come on home

Come home