The Rubettes: Under one roof

Billy ran away from his home to find away to live in peaceHis Mama didn't give a damn about himHis Papa's on the run from the PoliceWhen Billy hit the city - the city hit BillyNo one needs you when your down and outThen one kind guy with the painted eyesPiked him up and bailed him outUnder one roof sharing one roomNobody cared about them under one roofSharing one room daring the world to part themBilly found it hard to find a job to make some payAII day looking roundgetting me down I was being turned awayAnd Johnny was the only one who didn't talk downTo Billy from up above and for the first time in his lifeBilly found out what it felt like to be loved.Under one roof sharing one loveNobody cared about them under one roofSharing one love daring the world to part them.Somehow Billy's Papa found out all about the style of Billy's lifeAnd it didn't take long before he came round and he had a knifeHe cut up Johnny stole all his moneyHe called him all the names that he could findSaid he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrowAnd show him what they do to Billy's kind.Under one roof sharing on loveNow the whole world knew about themunder one roofSharing one love daring the world to part them.Johnny said 'Billy we can run away from the world no moreI'm gonna fetch my daddyI'm gonna show the world who I'm living for and if I lose my jobIf I lose my life you'll know one thing is trueHe can take away anything from meBut he won't take me from you.And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factoryFor himt o come and how it did degradeHim he cut him and he slayed himAnd spat on him in front of ev'ryoneAs Billy lay dying his Papa started cryingBecause the parent through him he becameAnd all because the person who has the first to give him loveHad been a man.