Lyrics Ode To Billie Joe - Billie Jo Spears
It
was
the
third
of
June
another
sleepy
dusty
Delta
day
I
was
out
choppin'
cotton
and
my
brother
was
a
bailin'
hay
And
at
dinner
time
we
stopped
and
walked
out
to
the
house
to
eat
And
mama
hollered
of
the
back
door,
"Y'all
remember
to
wipe
your
feet"
Then
she
said,
"I
got
some
news
this
mornin'
from
Choctaw
Ridge
Today
Billie
Joe
Macallister
jumped
off
the
Tallahatchie
Bridge"
Papa
said
to
Mama
as
he
passed
around
the
blackeyed
peas
"Well,
Billy
Joe
never
had
a
lick
of
sense,
pass
the
biscuits,
please
There's
five
more
acres
in
the
lower
forty
that
I've
got
to
plow"
And
Mama
said,
"It
was
shame
about
Billy
Joe,
anyhow
Seems
like
nothin'
ever
comes
to
no
good
up
on
Choctaw
Ridge
And
now
Billy
Joe
Mac
Allister's
jumped
off
the
Tallahatchie
Bridge"
Mama
said
to
me,
"Child,
what's
happened
to
your
appetite?
I've
been
cookin'
all
morning
and
you
haven't
touched
a
single
bite
That
nice
young
preacher,
Brother
Taylor,
dropped
by
today"
Said,
he'd
be
pleased
to
have
dinner
on
Sunday,
oh,
by
the
way
He
said,
he
saw
a
girl
that
looked
a
lot
like
you
up
on
Choctaw
Ridge
And
she
and
Billy
Joe
was
throwing
somethin'
off
the
Tallahatchie
Bridge
A
year
has
come
and
gone
since
we
heard
the
news
'bout
Billy
Joe
Brother
married
Becky
Thompson,
they
bought
a
store
in
Tupelo
There
was
a
virus
going
'round,
Papa
caught
it
and
he
died
last
spring
Now
Mama
doesn't
seem
to
wanna
do
much
of
anything
And
me,
I
spend
a
lot
of
time
pickin'
flowers
up
on
Choctaw
Ridge
And
drop
them
into
the
muddy
water
off
the
Tallahatchie
Bridge
![Billie Jo Spears - The Ultimate Collection](https://pic.Lyrhub.com/img/o/n/x/0/tqx0bw0xno.jpg)
1 Blanket On The Ground
2 What I've Got In Mind
3 Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song
4 I Will Survive
5 (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
6 See The Funny Little Clown
7 Stay Away From The Apple Tree
8 Silver Wings And Golden Rings
9 Misty Blue
10 Never Did Like Whiskey
11 Lonely Hearts Club
12 I've Got To Go
13 Country Roads
14 Desperado
15 '57 Chevrolet
16 Yesterday
17 Livin' Our Love Together
18 Rainy Days And Stormy Nights
19 (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
20 If You Love Me
21 That's What Friends Are For
22 Standing Tall
23 Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
24 What The World Needs Now Is Love
25 He's Got More Love In His Little Finger
26 Mr. Walker It's All Over
27 Daddy, I Love You
28 Marty Gray
29 I Stayed Long Enough
30 Souvenirs and California Memories
31 Harper Valley P.T.A.
32 Heartaches By the Number
33 Tips And Tables
34 Stand By Your Man
35 Faded Love
36 I Don't Wanna Play House
37 Ode To Billie Joe
38 Paper Roses
39 Snowbird
40 Sweet Music Man
41 She's Out There Dancin' Alone
42 We Love Each Other
43 Lizzie and the Rain Man
44 Hurt
45 Permanently Lonely
46 I've Never Loved Anyone More
47 Callin' Baton Rouge
48 Slow Movin' Outlaw
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