Wolfgang Petry - Under One Roof songtext (lyrics)

Billy ran away from his home to
Find away to live in peace
His Mama didn't give a damn about him
His Papa's on the run from the Police

When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy
No one needs you when your down and out
Then one kind guy with the painted eyes
Picked him up and bailed him out

Under one roof sharing one room
Nobody cared about them under one roof
Sharing one room daring the
World to part them

Billy found it hard to find a
Job to make some pay aI I day looking round
Getting me down I was being turned away
And Johnny was the only one
Who didn't talk down
To Billy from up above and for
The first time in his life
Billy found out what it felt like to be loved

Under one roof sharing one love
Nobody cared about them under one roof
Sharing one love daring the
World to part them

Somehow Billy's Papa found out all about
The style of Billy's life
And it didn't take long before he came
Round and he had a knife
He cut up Johnny stole all his money
He called him all the names
That he could find said he'd wait for Billy
At the factory tomorrow
And show him what they do to Billy's kind

Under one roof sharing on love
Now the whole world knew about them
Under one roof sharing one love daring the
World to part them

Johnny said 'Billy we can run away
From the world no more
I'm gonna fetch my daddy
I'm gonna show the world who I'm living
For and if I lose my job
If I lose my life you'll
Know one thing is true
He can take away anything from me
But he won't take me from you

And at five thirty dead his
Daddy waited at the factory
For him to come and how it did degrade
Him he cut him and he slayed him
And spat on him in front of ev'ryone
As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying
Because the parent through him he became
And all because the person who has
The first to give him love had been a man