Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam
Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam

He was spraying that agent orange on the foliage of the land
Out of eighty gallon cans, way back in Vietnam

Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam
Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam

He married a [Incomprehensible] woman that he liked to call Diane
Though her true name was named Pam
She changed her name to Mrs. Gram

After two still born babies, Billy said
'I am just a portion of the man I was before I went to Nam'
Now he drinks and snorts amphetamine just as often as he can
'Cause he's the shadow of a man who spent his time in Vietnam

Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam
Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam

Billy came back from Vietnam, just a shadow of a man
He was a shadow of a man when he came back from Vietnam