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What happened to you Billy	A
Have always wondered really	A
How did you die	B
Or is it just a lie	B
Please talk to me Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
This is my Billy's story	A
That makes my heart break	C
Nothing can reduce my worry	A
My chest as heavy as a brick	D
Please talk to me Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
We met in a matatu	B
It was kitu saa tatu	B
We were strangers	E
Mixed up with villagers	E
We somehow got to talk	F
Finally we still had to walk	F
In the same direction	G
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
We were all depressed	B
Too hard to be impressed	B
We got out of the mat	B
I headed the other direction	G
We of course exchanged digits	H
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
From then things weren t the same	I
You made communication an aim	I
Checking on me was duty	A
Though my heart was lame	I
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
I learnt that you were in military	A
Based in Mogadishu solitary	A
You were on a leave	J
To search for your girlfriend	B
Who had given up your child	B
For adoption to a friend	B
You looked disturbed	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
I had my problems too	B
Was one month pregnant	B
The man behind it gone forever	K
I didn t know what to do	B
The conditions were tough	L
The times were rough	L
I was on job search mission	G
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
You called me often	G
You gave me a date before you left	B
The date was timely	A
We talked	B
We laughed	B
We shared	B
We gave each other hope	M
You told me never to give up	N
Especially on my child	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
You called daily	A
You were consistent	B
Your texts were humorous	O
The pregnancy moved faster	K
Because of your night lengthy calls	P
We had a bond	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
Distance never kept us apart	B
You still spoilt me	A
You came to see my son	G
Where he was three	A
Brought him beautiful bright clothes	Q
You left by afternoon	R
I don t know what I saw in your eyes	S
You must have seen it in mine too	B
But no my Billy was a gentleman	G
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
Few days later	K
After return to Solitary Mogadishu	B
It remains a fearful fateful day	B
You called at midnight	B
You were not jovial	T
You sounded worried	B
For the st time you stammered	B
You didn t allow me to talk	F
You said there was no time	U
You talked as if in pain	V
The conversation is fresh in my mind	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
Hey listen Mohana	V
I love you	B
I have always wanted	B
To walk down the aisle with you	B
To give you my name	I
To kneel down and ask you	B
To carry and mentor my children	V
Because you are noble	T
I wanted to hold your hand	B
Look you in the eye	B
Silence the storm	W
That took away your happiness	O
My heart bled when I saw you cry	B
I wanted to give you time	U
I was wrong soldiers got no time	U
I can see your face as a grandma	X
Still beautiful at heart	B
	-
He talked too fast	B
Almost whispering	Y
I tried to talk	F
He continued to talk	F
I said I loved him	Z
He went off	A2
I tried the phone	V
No one picked	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
I called him for months	B2
The phone still quiet	B
One year ended	B
I sought him in the internet	B
Nowhere to be found	B
I sank deep into depression	V
Silently in solitude	B
Two years still no sigh	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
Three years later	K
I tried calling	Y
Your phone went through	B
My heart was racing	Y
Adrenaline rising	Y
A woman picked your phone	V
She didn t talk much	C2
She asked who was calling	Y
I am Mohana can I speak to Billy	A
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
She was kind	B
She told me Billy was her brother	K
And he passed on years ago	D2
I wanted to die	B
I cursed everything	Y
I questioned God	B
I wanted to smoke anything	Y
To drink my pain away	B
I headed to a club	E2
I broke glasses	F2
Fought with lasses	F2
I broke my lenses	F2
Why did you leave Billy	A
I am frustrated really	A
	-
Why didn t you say t was time to die	B
Why didn t you postpone death	G2
Why didn t you call me on death	G2
Why don t you appear to me	A
Talk to me from the dead Billy	A
Why did you leave me alone	V
You are a traitor	K
You promised to keep in touch	C2
And to be happy	A
Why did you leave Billy	A
I am frustrated really	A
	-
I command you Billy listen to me well	H2
You will not remain quiet	B
You got to talk to me tonight	B
The cold is tearing	Y
The silence deafening	Y
The solitude so striking	Y
No other person understand me	A
I am a loner	K
I cannot even risk friendship	I2
I am worried	B
Been left alone	V
No night phone calls	F2
No flirty text	B
No sign of you	B
Where are you Billy	A
I am worried really	A
	-
You know something	Y
I am still going	Y
Sometimes I day dream	J2
I see you and I	B
You emerge from somewhere	K2
You tell me it was a mistake	C
Every time I am alone	V
You appear from the bush	L2
Hold my tiny waist	B
Swing me around with those	F2
Muscular soft hands	F2
We dance	F2
We laugh	M2
As I am about to hug you	B
You disappear i clasp the air	K2
My heart get tormented	B
You are too alive in my life	N2
Where are you Billy	A
I am sad really	A
	-
Tempted to tell my son about you	B
But he cannot remember	K
Tears come down rolling	Y
And he asks	F2
Why are you crying mummie	J2
I tell him my eyes are raining	Y
Every time I think of you Billy	A
My eyes rain	V
I know you are happy Billy	A
I desperately miss you really	A
	-
It is time to release you darling	Y
The rare kind hearted soldier	K
Military life hadn't hardened thy heart	B
You were beautiful at heart	B
Handsome in appearance	F2
Remember the day you held my hand in prayer	K2
We both cried	B
It was deep	O2
It might have been our farewell	H2
I still feel your hands tight on mine	V
I hear the moving prayer	K2
You lie in peace	F2
You sleep saintly	A
Sing serenity	A
Wherever you are Billy	A
I miss you really	A
	-
To my heart you are alive	P2
Though haven t really learnt	B
The art of mixing	Y
Your departure gave me solitude	B
The emptiness is way too big	Q2
I wish I attended your funeral	T
I asked your sister	K
If I could visit your grave	R2
She said No	D2
That kills me Billy	A
And worries me really	A
	-
You know what	B
A lot has changed	B
I still look beautiful	T
My son is handsome	J2
I definitely look pretty	A
Years are moving too fast	B
But something has changed	B
In my eyes you just see worry	A
Fear mistrust and disillusionment	B
Unlike when I looked at you	B
The glow radiance in them gone	V
Life is hard	B
The struggles too tough	L
Times sickening rough	L
No one understands me	A
My eyes are raining again	V
Fare thee well Billy	A
People like you and me don t say bye	B
I will see you again Billy	A
I do miss you really	A
Yours dearly Mohana	V