[Verse 1]

Billy just drank and drank himself to death

We used to shoot ol' shotguns off the back of Whitney's deck

Billy wasn't careful, he was stupid all the time

He would swing the gun around, point it at his chest and mine

Whitney's deck was rotten, Billy soon fell through

Two stories to the desert dirt, but never got a bruise

[Chorus]

Nine lives, impossible to die

Nothing could kill ol' Billy

That daring man of mine

Nine lives, decreased right down to one

Could nothing kill ol' Billy

Could nothing get it done

[Verse 2]

We used to take thе truck out, 110, flying out north

How he happened not to crash it, I'll nеver know for sure

Billy got in fist fights at Mountain Rambler Bar

Those men stood twice as tall as him, he had twice the troubled heart

Black-eyed Billy pulled through, after every punch and blow

He's start to breathe right when we thought the maker called him home

[Chorus x2]

Nine lives, impossible to die

Nothing could kill ol' Billy

That daring man of mine

Nine lives, decreased right down to one

Could nothing kill ol' Billy

Could nothing get it done

Nine lives, impossible to die

Nothing could kill ol' Billy

That daring man of mine

Nine lives, decreased right down to one

Could nothing kill ol' Billy

Could nothing get it done

[Verse 3]

Last week I buried Billy, damnit what a shame

Fought bears and brutes, and treated life as if it were a game

The thing that got my Billy, was the liquid in the glass

Took him down and out and quickly, sent him under just as fast