"Stack Shot Billy" lyrics
"Stack Shot Billy"
Stack shot Billy in the back of the head,
Stack made sure Billy Lyons was dead,
.45 pistol down in Stack's right hand,
Send him away to the promised land,
Stack shot Billy,
.45,
Stack shot Billy,
Billy lay down and died,
Stack Lee had himself an evil brain,
Loved his gun and his sweet cocaine,
Stack got quiet when the shadows fell,
Knew soon enough that he'd burn in hell,
Stack shot Billy,
.45,
Stack shot Billy,
Billy lay down and died,
Stack shot Billy in the back of the head,
Stack made sure Billy Lyons was dead,
.45 pistol down in Stack's right hand,
Send him away to the promised land,
Stack shot Billy,
.45,
Stack shot Billy,
Billy lay down and died.
Writer(s): Daniel Quine Auerbach, Patrick James Carney
The story in this song is based on how a man named "Stag" Lee Shelton, AKA Stagger Lee, Stagolee, Stack O'Lee, Stacker Lee, etc., killed Billy Lyons in St. Louis on the 25th of December 1895. More than 400 other songs were dedicated to that case.
"Stack Shot Billy" was performed by The Black Keys on Late Show with David Letterman.
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album:
"Rubber Factory" (2004)
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