kirky   10 #1 Posted October 5, 2004 can anyone remember it or who sung it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Titian   10 #2 Posted October 5, 2004 Run Run Billy Porter By: Shadows Of Knight (Kasenetz/Katz) 1969  Annie came to town this morning Lookin' for her cheatin' man She said Billy Porter hadn't done what he oughta And she's gonna get him if she can  You better run run Billy Porter She's got a gun gun Billy Porter You better run (You better run)  Billy stayed out all evening And he didn't come home at all And while Annie was a sleepin' her Billy was a-creepin' Creepin' up a Ellie May's wall  You better run run Billy Porter She's got a gun gun Billy Porter You better run (You better run)  Last time I saw Billy He was headin' on over the hill Well he took Billy flyin' tears and a cryin' [need help with this line!] I'm gonna catch you yes I will  You better run run Billy Porter She's got a gun gun Billy Porter You better run (You better run) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bellis   10 #3 Posted October 5, 2004 billy porter was sang by mick ronson classic track was never the hit it deserved to be Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mojoworking   10 #4 Posted October 5, 2004 Originally posted by panda79 billy porter was sang by mick ronson classic track was never the hit it deserved to be  That's correct. "Billy Porter" was on the the 1974 Mick Ronson LP "Play Don't Worry".  The Shadows Of Knight track "Run Run Billy Porter" is a different song from the late 60s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kirky   10 #5 Posted October 5, 2004 Originally posted by mojoworking  The Shadows Of Knight track "Run Run Billy Porter" is a different song from the late 60s  i thought i didn't reconise the words...there's me thinking i was going mad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kirky   10 #6 Posted October 5, 2004 kazaa has no record of it..gutted:( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BoroughGal   10 #7 Posted October 5, 2004 Did Mick Ronson have something to do with David Bowie...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Titian   10 #8 Posted October 5, 2004 oops sorry, it was the first thing I found and didn't think there would be that many songs about billy porter.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Titian   10 #9 Posted October 5, 2004 is this it?  BILLY PORTER Album : Play Don't Worry 1975 (Words & Music : Mick Ronson)   Walking down an empty road I saw a man in old grey clothes A stranger  Passing by he smiled at me But when I looked I realised the danger  For his eyes they looked so empty and cold And something told me that I'm gonna be rolled In my pocket only cents and dimes But then for them he'd gladly kill me  Walking past and walking fast I managed just to slip around a corner  Thought he'd hear my running feet As I went pounding down the street Like thunder  Well I've never heard my heart beat so fast And I've never been so scared in the past And I never ever realised That this place could be evil to me  Billy Porter You didn't tell me that I needed a gun Billy Porter When you wrote you said That this place is fun What have I done  Well I've never heard my heart beat so fast And I've never been so scared in the past And I never ever realised That this place could be evil to me Let me tell ya'  Now Billy's smart and Billy's tough He's good to have When the going's rough He told me  "Don't go out on your own at night For if you do you'll have to fight Stay by me"  Now he's teaching me Each and every day And I think that in this place I might stay And I never, ever realised What a roughneck I would turn out to be  Billy Porter You never told me that I needed a gun Billy Porter When you wrote you said That this place is fun What can be done  Billy Porter You never told me that I needed a gun Billy Porter When you wrote you said That this place is fun  Billy Porter You never told me that I'd be on the run Billy Porter What would father say if he saw his son Billy Porter You never told me that I needed a gun Billy Porter When you wrote you said That this place is fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Sam Miguel   10 #10 Posted October 5, 2004 Mick Ronson was, I think, in David Bowie's backing band. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mojoworking   10 #11 Posted October 5, 2004 Originally posted by Sam Miguel Mick Ronson was, I think, in David Bowie's backing band.  Yes Mick Ronson was on all of Bowie's albums from 1970 - 73: The Man Who Sold The World to Pin Ups (ie all the good ones).  Together with Bowie, he co-produced (and played on) the Lou Reed album Transformer.  He later worked with Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Tour in 1976/77 and made a few albums with Ian Hunter from Mott The Hoople.  Not only that, he was a Yorkshire lad as well (from Hull).  He sadly died in 1993. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
whisper   10 #12 Posted October 8, 2004 I have got the 45 record of billy porter.not heard it for years.gr8 song tho.think il hunt it out now.you've got me started on the old records now,think il search for 10cc-dreadlock holiday as well.oh i can feel my youth coming on AGAIN! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...