Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner – Where Are You Going, Billy Boy, is a song written by Dave Kirby and Glenn Martin. It was first recorded as a duet by American country artists Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner. It was released as a single in 1977 via MCA Records and became a major hit the same year.
Was released as a single by MCA Records in June 1977. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 18 in September 1977. It was the pair’s second top ten hit together and second to be spawned off the same studio album. In Canada, the single reached number 22 on the RPM Country Songs chart in 1977. It was first released on their 1977 studio album, Billy Boy & Mary Lou
Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner – Where Are You Going, Billy Boy
From the album Billy Boy & Mary Lou
B-side “Can We Still Be Friends”
Released June 1977
Recorded March 1977
Studio Bradley’s Barn
Genre Country Countrypolitan
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Dave Kirby Glenn Martin
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
COUNTRYPEDIA
Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner – Where Are You Going, Billy Boy Lyrics
Where are you going Billy boy where are you going Billy Boy
I’m going to Atlanta let this farm just run on down
It’s made all it can make but it don’t go around
Do you want to go with me Mary Lou do you want to go with me Mary Lou
I’m not sure I could live there I don’t have no city ways
And it’s hard to leave where I was born and raised
Look at all those buildings Billy boy I think I’m gonna like it Billy boy
Look at all the bright lights the night seems just like day
It makes the farm seem so far away
Where are you going Mary Lou you’re not going out again tonight are you
I didn’t buy this
New dress just to sit and watch TV
I’m going out and let the town see me
Where are you going Billy boy where are you going Billy Boy
I’m going home back to that rundown farm
Where all the dirt is used for growing corn
Do you want to go with me Mary Lou
GENIUS
