Billy was a good friend of mine
We grew up together
ever since we were nine
We went to school
he was my best friend
And I thought our friendship
would never end
In high school he played football
And me, I didn’t do anything at all
He made touch-downs
while I played pool
And no one could figure out
which one of us was the fool
Then we both went off to collage
He studied medicine while I studied foliage
He got A’s, I got D’s
He was going for his Ph.D.
Then I decided to drop out
Things were getting a little too hot
Billy stayed
then became an intern then a doctor
Then war broke out and he had to go
But not me, I was mentally unfit
or so they say, so-so
When he came back, he wasn’t quite the same
His nerves were shot but not me
Last time I saw him
I couldn’t take it anymore
He wasn’t the Billy I knew
it was like talking to a door
Billy was a friend of mine
I grew up with him
ever since I was nine
We went together through school
And now I often wonder
which one of us was the fool
We grew up together
ever since we were nine
We went to school
he was my best friend
And I thought our friendship
would never end
In high school he played football
And me, I didn’t do anything at all
He made touch-downs
while I played pool
And no one could figure out
which one of us was the fool
Then we both went off to collage
He studied medicine while I studied foliage
He got A’s, I got D’s
He was going for his Ph.D.
Then I decided to drop out
Things were getting a little too hot
Billy stayed
then became an intern then a doctor
Then war broke out and he had to go
But not me, I was mentally unfit
or so they say, so-so
When he came back, he wasn’t quite the same
His nerves were shot but not me
Last time I saw him
I couldn’t take it anymore
He wasn’t the Billy I knew
it was like talking to a door
Billy was a friend of mine
I grew up with him
ever since I was nine
We went together through school
And now I often wonder
which one of us was the fool
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