You Leave Alone

Album: Lovers and Leavers (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song tells the story of homebody Billy "who built cars that never went nowhere" and ended up settling down with a girl from Mississippi. Asked during a Reddit AMA if he knew a real Billy to draw inspiration from, Hayes Carll replied:

    "That was just made up. I had a few phrases and rhymes that I loved and Scott Nolan and I just sat down with some ideas he had and we invented a character that fit them and a story for him to tell. It's a fun process when it works."

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