Billy Bean, ha rum ba ba bum
Citizen Billy Bean,
he heard the rumble of a silent drum
He heard the muffled snare,
ha rum ba doo, ha rum ba doo
Drumming the message in his head
No one loves his country,
Billy Bean, the way you do
Harum -pa -doo, harum -pa -doo,
harum, ba -ba -ba -boom
Billy Bean in 76, 1776
Whispered to young George Washington
That atheist fellow from Monticello
Is filling you full of impractical dreams
He's leading you up the garden path
With his idealistic schemes
Billy Bean, Haram -bam -bam -bam
Citizen Billy Bean,
he heard the rumble of a silent drum
He heard the muffled stare,
Haram -pa -too, Haram -pa -too
Drumming the message in his head
No one loves his country,
Billy Bean, the way you do
Harumpa -doo, harumpa -doo,
haroom, ba -ba -ba -boom
Billy Bean in sixty -one,
eighteen -sixty -one
Whispered, oh, Mr. President,
I'm sure you're the dupe
Of a foreign group of unprin
cipled villains
betraying our past
You know where I stand on freedom,
But why must we move so fast?
Billy Bean, a -rum, ba -ba -bum
Citizen Billy Bean,
he heard the rumble of a silent drum
Billy Bean in 65, 1965
Got off a note to LBJ,
I view with suspicion your
sense of mission
You're leading our country
to so cialized hell
Us patriots all would fly these shores,
if we weren't doing so well. Billy Beane,
ha rum ba ba bum,
Citizen Billy Beane,
he heard the rumble of a silent drum.
He heard the muffled snare,
ha rum ba tu, ha rum ba tu,
drumming a message in his head.
No one loves his country,
Billy Bean, the way you do
Harumpa to, harumpa to, haroom,
ba ba ba boom
Harumpa to, harumpa to, haroom,
ba ba ba boom
Harumpa to, harumpa to,
haroom, ba ba ba boom