Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao,

Was the most fantastic place I've ever known.

For just a dollar you'd get all you wanted,

All you wanted, all you wanted

Of whatever kind of joy you called your own.

But if you had been around to see the fun

Well I don't know you might not like what you'd've seen;

The stools at the bar were damp with rye,

On the dancefloor the grass grew high,

Through the roof the moon was shining green

And the music really gave you some return on what you paid.

Hey Joe, play that old song they always played.



That ol' Bilbao

Down where we used to go

Who remembers the words ...

It's so long ago.

I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief but

It was fantastic

It was fantastic

It was fantastic

Beyond belief.



Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao,

Came a day the end of May in 1908

Four guys from Bristol came with sacks of coal dust,

Sacks of coal dust, sacks of coal dust

And the time they showed us all was really great.

But if you had been around to see the fun,

Well I don't know you might not like what you'd've seen;

The brandy bottles smashing through the air

And the chairs flying everywhere,

Through the roof the moon's still shining green

And those fog eyes all going crazy with their pistols blazing high,