(Verse 1) Trash can breakfast, cold concrete bed Another boot swingin’ at my head Saw a fat cat laughin’ in a limousine While a kid down the alley was shakin’ for a spleen Same old story, same old dirt Rich man’s heaven, poor man’s hurt And I’m just a mutt with a busted ear Growin’ sicker of it year by year (Pre-Chorus) Don’t give me a bone, don’t pat my fur I ain’t your friend, I ain’t your cur I’m done pretendin’ this world’s fair game I’m a walking flamethrower, feel the flame (Chorus) I’m Bill the stray and I’m sick of this shit! This whole damn planet’s a bottomless pit Of rich dogs screamin’ and poor dogs dead I got nothin’ but rage and a hole in my head I don’t want a home, I don’t want a say I just wanna go I just wanna get away! (Verse 2) A cop car cruised by with a smile of chrome While a mother was beggin’ for a scrap of a home I bit my own tongue just to taste the blood Better that than swallow this neighbourhood Justice is a purebred, groomed and fed I’m a street-side curse with a rope for a bed The world runs on a leash held by a fist And I’m so full of poison I could spit a cyst (Pre-Chorus) Don’t say “good boy”, don’t say “stay” I never believed in that anyway The only god I see’s a kicked-in fence And I’m done makin’ sense in self-defence (Chorus) I’m Bill the stray and I’m sick of this shit! This whole damn planet’s a bottomless pit Of fat cats grinnin’ and lost souls bled I got nothin’ but fury and a howl in my head I don’t want a dream, I don’t want a stay I just wanna go I just wanna get away! (Bridge) Tonight I’ll run where the headlights fade Past the last locked gate that greed ever made No collar, no chain, no “civilised” hell Just the black road open and a long farewell If there’s a world somewhere without a master’s boot I’ll drag my bones there, damn the absolute (Guitar solo — raw, howling, feedback-drenched) (Outro – screamed, slowing down) I’m Bill… just Bill… I don’t scratch for mercy, I don’t stay I’m gone Gone Gone …away.
