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  Pi@ked 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  AII 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.