[Verse 1]
Bill's Beer Hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao
Was the most fantastic place I've ever known
For just a dollar you'd get all you wanted
All you wanted, all you wanted
Of whatever kind of joy you called your own
But if you had been around to join the fun
Well, I don't know if you'd have liked what you'd have seen
The stools at the bar were damp with rye
On the dance floor the grass grew high
Through the roof the moon was shining green
And the music really gave you some return on what you paid
(spoken)
Hey Joe, play that old song, the one they always played

[Chorus]
(sung)
Mmm, mmm, mmm
(spoken)
Who remеmbers the words?
(sung)
Love nеver laid me low
That old Bilbao moon
Why does it haunt me so?
I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief, but
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
Beyond belief!
[Verse 2]
Bill's Beer Hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao
Came a day the end of May in Nineteen Eight
Four guys from Frisco came with sacks of gold dust
Sacks of gold dust, sacks of gold dust
And the time they showed us all was really great
But if you had come around to watch the fun
Well, I don't know if you'd have liked what you'd have seen
Brandy bottles smashing everywhere
And the chairs flying through the air
Through the roof the moon still shining green
'N those four guys all going crazy with their pistols blazing high
(spoken)
Think you can stop 'em? Well, go right ahead and try!

[Chorus]
(sung)
That old Bilbao moon
Down where we used to go
That old Bilbao moon
Casting its golden glow
That old Bilbao moon
Love never laid me low
That old Bilbao moon
Why does it haunt me so?
I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief, but
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
Beyond belief!
[Verse 3]
Bill's Beer Hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao
How they've cleaned it up and made it middle class
Potted palms and ice cream
Very bourgeois, very bourgeois
Just another place to put your ass!
But if you'd have come around to see the fun
Well, I don't know, you might not find it such a strain
They've mopped up all the booze and broken glass
On parquet floors you can't grow grass
They've shut the green moon out because of rain
And the music makes you cringe now
When you think of what you paid
(spoken)
Hey Joe, play that old song - the one they always played

[Chorus]
(sung)
Ya dum ba da da da
Ya dum ba da da da
Ya dum ba da da da
Down where we used to go
That old Bilbao moon
Love never laid me low
That old Bilbao moon
Why does it haunt me so?
I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief, but
It was fantastic (Bilbao moon)
It was fantastic (Bilbao moon)
It was fantastic (Bilbao moon)
Beyond belief!