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True tale about a Dublin arsonist

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In a nowhere part of a nowhere town
A poor boy grew up alone
Abandoned by the ones he loved
Taken from his family’s home
Taken from his family’s home

Billy's favourite anything that he could find
Was anything made out of wood
And Billy, he had this raging need
To burn everything he could
To burn everything he could
To burn everything he could

I guess you could say he has a burning desire
And everybody knows that Billy loves to play with fire
Billy hates the whole damn world and if he could
He’d burn it down to the ground
Yeah he’d burn it right down to the ground Say hello to Matchbox Billy

Well I guess you know that every poor boy
Is still some mother's son
But Billy, he never was a hard case
He just never had no-one
No he just never had no-one
He just never had no-one

So Billy said goodbye to all his pain
The only way he knew how
With a full jerry-can and a matchbox in his hand
Goodbye, I’m leaving now
Goodbye, I’m leaving now

© Errol Walsh & Slim Pickens

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from "Just Sayin'​.​.​.​.​.​", released September 1, 2016

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Errol Walsh Northern Ireland, UK

Singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland.

His decades-spanning songwriting career is full of care- worn tales of life, love and luck - all delivered with a mellow, lived-in voice.

"This body of work from a true master will long be remembered after much of the imitations have faded into the mists of time" - Niall Toner, RTE Radio One
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