dead man's cliff

some said his name was billy some said his name was biff but they had to pick up the pieces when he drove off dead man's cliff he drove a 57 'vette the coolest car invented yet he came down highway 101 as the sun began to set the boys thought he was a stuckup clown the girls desired him for a mate he drove through town like a conqueror he drove through town like fate the girls rushed out of the soda shoppes and gathered around him like flies and melted like cotton candy candles when they looked into his eyes he said he had been to paris and rome and lived in a mansion in l a his dad was the king of hollywood and his mom was the queen of the may he had wealth to toss like confetti enough money to burn a wet mule he had sat at the feet of wise men but knew there was only one school and that was the school - of love the school of love - and regret for he had had his heart broken by someone he was trying to forget the girls were thrilled with his story they wept to hear his tale they elbowed each other for his attention but his love was not for sale the stars stood still in the heavens as billy made his pick he settled on shirley stevens the others drifted away - heartsick they had to watch as shirley so rich, so blonde, so blasé had the corvette's door opened by billy and watch as they sped away of all the girls who were shattered peggy smith took it the worst when the race for billy's heart began she was sure she would come in first she slunk home to the little cabin where she lived with her drunken dad she had never been so late before this time he was really mad he told her she was a harlot who had blackened his good name and she would have to hit the highway when the next daybreak came peggy lay in the darkness hoping that she would die when she heard a tap on the window in the sweet bye and bye there was no time for romantic words there was no time for palaver it was peggy's desperate prayer come true - it was billy come to save her! his blue eyes blazed in the darkness his spine it stood up stiff "i have come to save you, my darling but my name isn't billy - it's biff there is no time to explain my deception you will have to trust me, i fear but wait for me in the moonlight i will be back for you, my dear but first i have to clear my name there is one thing i have to do just wait for me, my darling, and to you i will be true" he vanished into the darkness lit by a single star a star like peggy's wildest dream so near, and yet so far the f b i was on biff's trail for a bank job up in spokane so far he had eluded them in the night and wind and rain peggy waited by the window until the sunset glowed her teardrops fell like silver jewels alas, biff never showed no one ever knew for sure if his name was billy or biff they had to pick up the pieces when he drove off dead man's cliff