He's never seen with the regular crowd 'Cause he digs staying underground His father says: Billy, use your head His mother cries, she can't deny He lives in a dream He's got no time for the local girls He can't relate to his own world He sends a code through the radio He waits all night from dusk till light For a reply (One and O) Billy's equation What a strange situation (One and O) Billy's equation Figure it out, figure it out In sight, but out of mind In step, but never in time A flashy style, a broken smile He comes on the scene, hey People stare, he don't care He dyes his hair green (One and O) That's Billy's equation What a strange situation (One and O) That's Billy's equation Billy's equation So his mother cries, she can't deny He lives in a dream (One and O) Billy's equation What a strange situation (One and O) That's Billy's equation Figure it out, figure it out No, no, no It's Billy's equation Tell ya, it's a strange situation (One and O) Billy's equation (One and O)