Bilbao Song

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 have seen The stools at the bar were damp with rye On the dance floor 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 [Chorus] That old Bilbao moon 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 [Verse 2] Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao Came a day the end of May in 1908 Four guys from Frisco 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 have seen The brandy bottles smashing through the air And the chairs flying everywhere Through the roof the moon's still shining green And those four guys all going crazy with their pistols blazing high Think you can stop 'em? Well, go ahead and try [Chorus] That old Bilbao moon Down where we used to go That old Bilbao moon Casting it's golden glow That old Bilbao moon Love never laid me low That old Bilbao moon Why does it haunt me so? 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 [Verse 3] Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao Now they've cleaned it up and made it middle class With potted palms and ice cream Very bourgeois, very bourgeois Just another place to put your ass But if you could come around to see the fun Well, I don't know, you might not find it such a strain Ha, they've cleaned up all the booze and broken glass On parquet floors you can't grow grass They've shut the green moon out because of rain And the music makes you cringe now When you think of what you paid Hey Joe, play that old song they always played [Chorus] That old Bilbao moon Down where we used to go That old Bilbao moon Casting it's golden glow That old Bilbao moon Love never laid me low That old Bilbao moon Why does it haunt me so? 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 (So long ago)