Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Velvet Underground
Canonical path: /velvet-underground/ferryboat-bill
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Ferryboat Bill
Read Ferryboat Bill lyrics by The Velvet Underground on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ferryboat Bill
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Ferryboat Bill, won't you please come home?
You know your wife has married a midget's son
And that's the short and long of it.
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