Billy left home one morning, he walked right out the
Door
He said goodbye to his former life, and he never came
Back no more
Oh billy... theres anger in your heart
Oh billy... theres madness in your eyes

He took his favourite handgun, with his rifle he felt
Free
He cleaned them all the night before, he was armed as
He could be
Oh billy... there s anger in your heart
Oh billy... theres sadness in your eyes

cos its a sad world, where theres no-one
Who can reach out, to the source of your pain
Yes its a sad world, such a sad sad world
When only peace comes, at the end of a gun
Whoa.. oh

He found the tallest building, like a birds nest in the
Sky
He shed a tear as he took his aim, at the people passing
By
Oh billy... theres anger in your heart
Oh billy... theres sadness in your eyes

Well its a sad world, where theres no-one
Who can reach out, to the source of your pain
Yes its a sad world, such a sad sad world
When only peace comes, at the end of a gun
Whoa... oh

Before he pulled the trigger, he knelt as if to pray
And at the top of the church he will never be found
Since he took his life that day
Oh billy... theres anger in your heart
Ah billy... theres sadness in your eyes

cos its a sad world, where theres no one
Who can reach out, to the source of your pain
Yes its a sad world, such a sad sad world
When only peace comes, at the end of a gun
Yes its a sad world, when theres no-one
Who can hold you when you just need to cry
And its a sad sad world when theres no-one
Who would care if, if you live or you die
And its a sad world, such a sad sad world
Its a sad world