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...there's anger in your heart

Oh Billy...there's 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...there's sadness in your eyes



'Cos it's a sad world, where there's no one

Who can reach out, to the source of your pain

Yes it's 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 bird's nest in the sky

He shed a tear as he took his aim, at the people passing by

Oh Billy...there's anger in your heart

Oh Billy...there's sadness in your eyes



Well it's a sad world, where there's no one

Who can reach out, to the source of your pain

Yes it's 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...there's anger in your heart

Ah Billy...there's sadness in your eyes



'Cos it's a sad world, where there's no one

Who can reach out, to the source of your pain

Yes it's a sad world, such a sad sad world

When only peace comes, at the end of a gun

Yes it's a sad world, when there's no one

Who can hold you when you just need to cry

And it's a sad sad world when there's no one

Who would care if, if you live or you die

And it's a sad world, such a sad sad world

It's a sad worl