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Lyrics of Ballad Of Billy Baird by Sandy Rapp
verse
Eight times in jail was Billy Baird
That young and gentle pioneer
Took to the streets when he saw a woman
Die from an underground abortion
chorus
What keeps ya goin' Billy Baird?
What keeps the flowers in your hair?
Well you been so long, singin' the good song
You keep the sixties rollin' on
verse
He bought a van with all he had
And set about to spread the word
When just a mention of prevention
Was illegal to be heard
Three times in Court was Billy Baird
The highest Court in all the land
When it was seen as criminally obscene to
Speak of a parenthood that's planned
verse
"If the right of privacy means anything at all
It is to choose whether or not to bear a child"
So spoke the Court in '72 when Billy Baird's first case
Made birth control legal for singles in the USA
chorus
What keeps ya goin' Billy Baird?
What keeps the flowers in your hair?
Well you been so long, singin' the good song
You keep the sixties rollin' on
verse
There was a bomb in '79
No doubt that Bill was meant to die
Billy escaped but the morning's break found
They burned his clinic to the ground
They see the devil in his face
And shoot the windows from his place
They're for creation not information
And they've killed nine providers now to date
verse
And the Court decided twice again for Billy Baird
And cited Baird v. Eisenstadt six times in Roe v. Wade
Then Bill faced jail again this time for rights of gays
For years he was denied the vote for felonies such as these
verse
Some leaders thought he'd cut a deal
Too radical to be for real
Maybe he's here to play, maybe he's CIA
Maybe he wouldn't last for long
Forty years and five has been and gone
Billy's doin' fine and goin' strong
Still he's without a dime, fightin' the good fight
Keepin' the sixties in his song
chorus
What keeps ya goin' Billy Baird?
What keeps the flowers in your hair?
Well you been so long, singin' the good song
You keep the sixties rollin' on and on and
You been so long, singin' the good song
You keep the sixties rollin' on
Writer(s): Sandy Rapp
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