Billy Payne. http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=biobp
From the late 1970’s I remember watching Billy on keyboards and just wondering how someone could be that great. He rocks. He was all smiles on stage. It is good to survive and feel success. Late that night he was talking with Steve Huntington and they came over to me to chat a bit in front of the Casa Marina. It was a good night. Billy is a hell of a photographer and I have always liked to hear his signature licks on a keyboard.
I remember this song the month it was released…I have always loved it.
Well they say time loves a hero
but only time will tell
If he’s real, he’s a legend from heaven
If he ain’t he was sent here from hell
Hear me well
Seein’ ain’t always believin’
Just make sure it’s the truth that you’re seein’
Eyes sometimes lie, eyes sometimes lie
They can be real deceivin’
I got an Uncle in Puerto Rico
Spends his days in the sun
his nights in the casinos
He left the States many years ago
Took a fishin’ boat to Puerto Rico
Now my aunt, she is sad and lonely
She’ll never know that she drove him away
As a coward I admire his courageous ways
Well they say time loves a hero
but only time will tell
If he’s real, he’s a legend from heaven
If he ain’t he was sent here from hell
Some say my uncle, that he’s a zero
His life is as a shell, he left it back at Stateside
I’d say he’s doin’ pretty well, without his shell
Bumming ’round the beaches of Puerto Rico
The beauty of the sunrise and sunset
To his friends he wish he could tell
They’re at home still runnin’ for bells
Better San Juan than that blue collar hell
Well they say time loves a hero
but only time will tell
If he’s real, he’s a legend from heaven
If he ain’t he was sent here from hell