Mr.Hamilton had a dog called Billy Joe
His only daughter bought it for him so he wouldn't feel alone
For Mr.Hamilton had died a lone lone time ago
So Mr.Hamilton loved this dog called Billy Joe

But when he woke up one day he noticed the dog was gone
So he came to me and asked me to wtite the song

Billy Joe will you come back to me
If you can, I'll be glad
You were the only thing I cared about
As an old aging man

Mrs.Hamilton was in an accident last winter
She was walking 'cross the road when a motorcycle hit her
And Mr.Hamilton recirved a call from the police station
He rushed down to the hospital, where they kept him waching

And Mr.Hamilton was sitting right beside her bed
When the doctor come in and pronounced her dead

Billy Joe will you come back to me
If you can, I'll be glad
You were the only thing I cared about
As an old aging man
Billy Joe will you come back to me
If you can, I'll be glad
You were the only thing I cared about
As an old aging man

Mr.Hamilton had a dog called Billy Joe
But the dog had run away a lone lone time ago
And one cloudy afternoon he went to the cemetery
And he found the dog sitting by Mrs.Hamilton's grave