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Bootstrap Billy

by Unbroken Expanse

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Bootstrap Billy was a character.
He sure knew how to spin a yarn. He was always keen for a good time and he didn’t mind rolling up his sleeves either. He loved a drink and loved a laugh and he loved to dance along to the band. As long as anyone had known him, he never took off his boots. He’d been on some wild adventures in those boots.
Unfortunately, Billy’s boots would eventually lead him to his demise. And although Billy has passed on, this song lives on in his name. In the name of Billy. In the name of always living life to it’s fullest. In the name of Rock ‘n’ roll.
There's pieces of Bootstrap Billy inside all of us. He’s the divine spark that drives the thirst for a good time. The larrikin at the end of the bar. He’s the cheeky grin bubbling up at your lips. The air you breathe out when you shout along to the band. He’s your fists in the air when you cheer with raw joy. 
This is Bootstrap Billy's tale.
This song is his story.
By Wheezy

lyrics

LYRICS

There once was a man
his name was Billy Joe.
Everywhere that he went,
his boots were sure to go.
He’d wear them to the pub
he’d work them at the shed
They’d still be on his feet
when he took a woman to bed.

But one day these boots
would take him down a dark road.
A drunk was driving a truck
but how was poor Billy to know.
There was a swerve, there was a screech, then there was a thud.
The only thing left was Billy’s boots in the mud. No!

Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho!

Oh, Billy he lived a good life, he lived it well.
Many say “Oh, that drunken fool he went to hell”.
But you and I we know better and I’ll tell ya why.
I hear he still wears his boots in the big pub in the sky! Hey!

Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho!

Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Bootstrap Billy (Bootstrap Billy)
Hey! Ho! Hey! Ho!

credits

released January 28, 2022
Performed and arranged by Unbroken Expanse

Written by C.F.Helmond

Unbroken Expanse are Wheezy, Jimmi James and Parko.

Studio Personnel:
- Vocals and Guitar: Wheezy
- Lead Guitar, background vocals: Jimmi James
- Bass, background vocals: Parko
- Drums: Matt O’Gorman
- background vocals: Connor Askham

Producer: Glenn Goldsmith
Sound and Mixing Engineer: Aaron Dobos
Mastering Engineer: Adam Dempsey

Studio: Sing Sing Studio, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
Recorded: 1 May 2021

Artwork by Wheezy.

©&℗ 2022 Blain Street Records
Catalogue Number: BLAIN001

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Unbroken Expanse Tennant Creek, Australia

Unbroken Expanse is rock n’ roll without the handbook, learned by instinct. No salon-styled inner-city ennui, this is the music of true believers. Not trying to impress anyone other than the ghosts that flicker on the empty outback plains.

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