Merle Haggard - Billy Overcame His Size lyrics

Billy never made the football team 'Cause Billy's size was small But Billy's brother was a mighty lad And played a lot of high school ball And Billy's daddy never favored him He catered to the bigger guys But later on in a bigger way Billy overcame his size The years flew by and Billy grew But he never got very big We called him shorty but he never got mad He was always good for a dig And we paid no mind when he fell in line And left with the other guys And the Sargent laughed at his skinny frame But Billy overcame his size Billy overcame his size Yeah, Billy overcame his size Later on in a bigger way Bill overcame his size Billy's brother made a football star And the biggest man in town And the scholarship that kept him home Never seemed to bring him down But on the other hand his brother Bill Put pride in his daddy's eyes When he died to save those other men Billy overcame his size Billy overcame his size Yeah, Billy overcame his size When he died to save those other men Billy overcame his size