There are times when a boy becomes a man And things you couldn't tell him you suddenly can And when Billy grew up I thought it was the time That I called him and laid things on the line And I said Billy you're almost turned sixteen And I thought I ought to tell you about your mama and me I have to let you know we married thirteen years ago That means technically speakin'... You're a ba*tard You're a ba*tard, you're a ba*tard But you're still my son You're a ba*tard, you're a ba*tard But what's done is done And Billy - he's a big boy - stood by my side And as he looked down at me a tear came to his eye (And there was two of them) He said Dad what you tell me comes as no surprise
Ma told me all about you before she died She said you'd promised you'd always be true Never cheat on a blind girl, that's what you'd never do But you slept with her mother, her sister and her... brother In a word she said you....... Were a ba*tard You're a ba*tard, you're a ba*tard 'N you did my mama wrong which is worse You're a ba*tard, you're a ba*tard And I replied "But you were a ba*tard first" All together now (He's a ba*tard, he's a ba*tard) I'm a ba*tard (He's a selfish old sh**e) That's me (He's a ba*tard, he's a ba*tard) And you know that ba*tard was right And you know that ba*tard.... Was right