The Ballad of Billy John

Billy John was a simple man, worked in the fields most his life
Provided for his wife and kids, and left his dreams on the side
One day when the kids left home, well he picked up his guitar
It had been a while, but his fingers still knew how to reach the heart
He played a song about life and love, his hopes and regrets
Then with a little prodding from the missus, he put it on the internet
When the views started pouring in, tears of joy started to fall
Then they scrolled to the comments section, and this is what they saw
"Eat a bag of shit cuntface", "Go and blow your fucking dad"
"This shit just raped my ears, never heard nothing so bad"
"I hope you fucking die" and "I hope you get AIDS"
"You should just kill yourself", "You're a fag", "LOL gay"
Billy John's wife watched her husband as he shrugged and tried to smile
He put his guitar away, stopped and stared at it for a while
She knew he felt like a fool, and he'd never play again
So she turned on her webcam, and let her message begin
She said "The man you've hurt tonight I've watched for 35 years
He's got a kind and gentle soul, and thanks to you, that soul's in tears"
And the people said...
"Shut the fuck up, fatty", "Show us your tits"
"1 out of 10, I wouldn't bang", "I bet she'd try to eat your dick"
"You should go get sterilized so that you can't have kids"
And then they Photoshopped a bunch of pictures of her covered in jizz
Well the video went viral, 57 million hits
Billy John's wife became a meme on the internet
They played the clip on CNN, and read tweets about her weight
'cause I guess that's the sort of thing that the news does nowadays
Now Billy John and his wife did nothing wrong, and they weren't dumb
They just hadn't paid attention to what we'd all become
But a couple weeks later after avoiding it for some time
A broken down and changed Billy John finally went back online
He found a page of a blogger still making fun of his wife
He signed up and made an account, and this is what he typed
"Eat a bag of shit cuntface, go and blow your fucking dad
Your shit just raped my eyes, never read nothing so bad
I hope you fucking die, and I hope you get AIDS"
And the world lost a Billy John, and it gained more of the same