{"id":28714,"date":"2026-01-07T05:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28714"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:41:02","slug":"billboard-song-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/billboard-song-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard Song, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homer &#038; Jethro<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">[Verse 1]\r\n \r\n     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                                                     <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nWhen I was walking down the street, a billboard caught my eye\r\n                                                          <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nThe advertisement written there would make you laugh and cry\r\n                                                          <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nThe sign was torn and tattered from the storm the night before\r\n                <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>              <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>              <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd as I gazed upon it, well, this is what I saw.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\n       <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                                               <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nSmoke Coca-Cola cigarettes. Drink Wrigley's Spearmint beer\r\n                                                    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nKen-L-Ration dog food makes your wife's complexion clear\r\n                                                      <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nChew chocolate-covered mothballs -- they're sure to satisfy\r\n                       <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                 <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>                <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nBrush your teeth with Lifebuoy soap and watch the suds go by\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n \r\n     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                                            <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nWhen I recovered from the shock, I went along my way\r\n                                                     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nI'd gone no further than a block, when there to my dismay\r\n                                                    <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAnother billboard caught my eye, just like the one before\r\n                <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>          <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>              <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAs I gazed upon it, well, this is what I sawr:\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n \r\n  <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                                        <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nTake your next vacation in a brand-new Frigidaire\r\n                                      <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nLearn to play piano in your winter underwear\r\n                                          <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nSimonize your baby with a Hershey's candy bar\r\n              G           D               G\r\nTexacos the beauty cream used by all the stars!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n \r\n   G                                                   D\r\nDoctors say that babies shouldn't smoke 'til they are three\r\n                                      G\r\nPeople over 35, take baths in Lipton Tea\r\n                                              C\r\nOh, you can make the country a better place today --\r\n                G                  D           G\r\nJust buy a copy of this song and throw it far away!\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homer &#038; Jethro [Verse 1] G D When I was walking down the street, a billboard caught my eye G The advertisement written there would make you laugh and cry C The sign was torn and tattered from the storm the night before G D G And as I gazed &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/billboard-song-the\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Billboard Song, The<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28715,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28714\/revisions\/28715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}