Green began his musical career when he was 18 and in college at Texas Tech in Lubbock. "I started playing guitar to pick up the chicks," Green laughs. "Before that, I only sang in the shower. I could mimic other people's voices. It took me a long time to find my own voice, but once I did, I became very comfortable with it. It's not real pretty but it's believable."
During those college years, Green started playing clubs and opening shows for other artists. In 1995, he put out his first independent record.
"I don't know exactly where it began, if it was Willie Nelson's picnic or one of Jerry Jeff's shows, but I got asked to play and there was a huge crowd there," Green says. "After that show, we started getting some radio support. All of a sudden, everything started happening at once. We were selling a ton of records. We were able sell out Billy Bob's. In Dallas-Fort Worth, we were selling 4, 5, 6000 seats. In Houston and everywhere else, it started being 1000, 2000 seats. It just started steamrolling. I think it was a combination of the popularity of Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker and Willie Nelson leading the forefront for us little guys. We just all fell in line behind them."
The result of that faith was Green's 2001 major-label debut, Three Days, on Republic/Universal. The album Wave On Wave followed in 2003, and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard country albums chart, and the title track cracked the Top 5 on the singles chart. He released Lucky Ones in 2004. In 2006, after a move to the RCA imprint BNA, he issued Cannonball.
Billy The Kid
Pat Green Lyrics
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Hat and he wore his gun all wrong. We had the same girlfriend and he never
Forgot it. She had a qute little chiwawa 'till one day he up and shot it. He
Road the hard country, down the New Mexico line. He had a silver pocket watch
He never did wind. He crippled a piano player for playin his favorite song. Yah
Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I didn't like the way he buckled his
Speed. I would'a left him alone if it weren't for that sinorita, but he gave
Her silver and he paid her hotle bills. It was knew that she loved him she said
She always will. Well I'd go and see her, whenever Billy was gone. Yah Me and
Billy the Kid, we never got along.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I didn't like the way he tied his
Shoes and he wore his gun all wrong. One day I told Billy man I got this
Foolproof scheme, we're gonna rob the Wells fargo, she's bustin at the seams.
Well I new that I'd framed him but didn't feel bad, cause the way that I was
Livin was drivin me mad. Billy went for his gun, but his gun was on all wrong.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I sure liked the way he swayed in
The wind when I played his favorite song. And my girlfriend sings harmony to La
Cuca Racha. We sit and wind that pocket watch and we pet her new chiwawa.
Moved into a hotel, got a room with a shower. I lie and listen to that watch
Tick hour after hour. And outside the wind, it's blowin, on so sound. Yah Me and
Billy the Kid, we never got along.
The song "Me and Billy the Kid" by Pat Green is a story about two men who don't get along, presumably because of a love triangle involving a woman. Green describes Billy as a dangerous outlaw, who always wore his gun wrong and had a cocky attitude. The singer makes a point to describe how much he disliked Billy, beginning and ending the song with the line, "Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along." The first verse describes how the two men had the same girlfriend, and how Billy shot her pet dog. The second verse describes how the singer only saw the woman when Billy was away, and how he and Billy were planning to rob Wells Fargo together. When the plan goes wrong, the singer frames Billy and Billy goes for his gun but is unable to use it because he had it on wrong.
The final verse shifts focus to a more peaceful scene, where the singer is with his girlfriend and they are sitting with Billy's pocket watch, which they wind and listen to for hours. They also have a new pet chihuahua, which is a reference to the one that Billy shot earlier in the song. Despite the initial tension in the song between the singer and Billy, the final verse seems to imply that they have reconciled, as Green sings about how he "sure liked the way he swayed in the wind when I played his favorite song."
Overall, "Me and Billy the Kid" is a classic Western ballad that tells a story of betrayal, revenge, and ultimately, reconciliation.
Line by Line Meaning
Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
The singer and Billy the Kid were never able to get along.
I didn't like the way he cocked his Hat and he wore his gun all wrong.
The singer didn't like Billy's style or choice of weapons.
We had the same girlfriend and he never Forgot it.
Billy and the singer both dated the same woman and it caused tension between them.
She had a qute little chiwawa 'till one day he up and shot it.
Billy killed the woman's dog one day.
He Road the hard country, down the New Mexico line.
Billy was a rough and tough cowboy who rode through New Mexico.
He had a silver pocket watch He never did wind.
Billy had a pocket watch that he never wound.
He crippled a piano player for playin his favorite song.
Billy hurt someone who played his favorite song on the piano.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
The artist reiterates that he and Billy were never able to get along.
He was bad to the bone, all hopped up on Speed.
Billy was a dangerous person who abused drugs.
I would'a left him alone if it weren't for that sinorita, but he gave Her silver and he paid her hotle bills.
The artist was going to leave Billy alone, but he found out that he was spending money on his girlfriend.
It was knew that she loved him she said She always will.
The girlfriend told the singer that she loved Billy.
Well I'd go and see her, whenever Billy was gone.
The artist would visit the girlfriend when Billy was away.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
The singer reiterates that he and Billy couldn't get along.
One day I told Billy man I got this Foolproof scheme, we're gonna rob the Wells fargo, she's bustin at the seams.
The singer came up with a plan to rob a bank with Billy.
Well I new that I'd framed him but didn't feel bad, cause the way that I was Livin was drivin me mad.
The singer knew the plan would get Billy in trouble, but didn't care because he was living recklessly.
Billy went for his gun, but his gun was on all wrong.
Billy tried to defend himself, but his gun was in the wrong position.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
The artist reminds us again that he and Billy had a tumultuous relationship.
I sure liked the way he swayed in The wind when I played his favorite song.
Despite their differences, the singer enjoyed the way Billy moved to his favorite song.
And my girlfriend sings harmony to La Cuca Racha.
The singer's girlfriend would sing harmony to a certain song.
We sit and wind that pocket watch and we pet her new chiwawa.
The group relaxes by winding the pocket watch and playing with the new dog.
Moved into a hotel, got a room with a shower. I lie and listen to that watch Tick hour after hour.
The group moves into a hotel and the artist spends time listening to the pocket watch.
And outside the wind, it's blowin, on so sound.
The wind is blowing outside, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
The song ends with the same verse, reiterating that the singer and Billy could never get along.
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