Billy never made the football team   'Cause Billy's size was small   But Billy's brother was a mighty lad   And played a lot of high school ball      And Billy's daddy never favored him   He catered to the bigger guys   But later on in a bigger way   Billy overcame his size      The years flew by and Billy grew   But he never got very big   We called him shorty but he never got mad   He was always good for a dig      And we paid no mind when he fell in line   And left with the other guys   And the Sargent laughed at his skinny frame   But Billy overcame his size      Billy overcame his size   Yeah, Billy overcame his size   Later on in a bigger way   Bill overcame his size      Billy's brother made a football star   And the biggest man in town   And the scholarship that kept him home   Never seemed to bring him down      But on the other hand his brother Bill   Put pride in his daddy's eyes   When he died to save those other men   Billy overcame his size      Billy overcame his size   Billy overcame his size   When he died to save those other men   Billy overcame his size