“Dead Billy” first appeared on Steve Albini’s very first record, 1982’s Lungs. Although credited to Big Black, this EP was created almost entirely by Albini over spring break during his sophomore year of university, in his living room.
According to Albini, he sent John Peel a copy of his first rec...
[Verse 1]
Hey, little girl, U.S. dress
Come and give a Daddy kiss
To Dead Billy, U.S. soldier in green
Little lady, napalm butt
[Pre-Chorus]
Come and give head to, to
Dead Billy make you boom, boom, boom
[Chorus]
Dead Billy
[Verse 2]
Billy make you happy
Dead Billy make you crawl
Dead Billy, put your hand in his hole
And dead Billy show you what it's like to die
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Dead Billy make you happy
And dead Billy make you crawl
Dead Billy, put your hand in his hole
And dead Billy show you what it's like to die
[Chorus]
Not a love song
And this is not a kiss
For Dead Billy!
[Outro]
No Viet
Dead Billy (Peel Session) was written by Steve Albini.
Dead Billy (Peel Session) was produced by John Peel.