Seen him stealing trolleys from the Asda store
Says he’s gonna use them in the next world war
Walking round like Adolf at a quarter to ten
We’d better throw him in the River Thames

It’s Butane Billy, yeah
He’s on a diet of glue
He’s always willing to go and sniff away them blues

Seen him with the witches sticking pins in dolls
Seen him on the cliff-tops dating Black-backed Gulls
Says he’s seeing visions just like Jehanne la Pucelle
He said he kissed her out on Bleaberry Fell

In 1450 joined the Kentish revolt
On London Bridge with Jack Cade stood at the front
And now he’s back in such a desperate state
Sleeping in a burnt car on a run-down estate