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Billy

Lou Reed
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BILLYBILLY
  
Billy was a good friend of mineBilly era un mio buon amico
We grew up togethersiamo cresciuti insieme
ever since we were ninefin da quando avevamo nove anni
We went to schoolandavamo a scuola
he was my best friendlui era il mio migliore amico
And I thought our friendshipe pensavo che la nostra amicizia
would never endnon sarebbe mai finita
  
In high school he played footballAlle superiori lui giocava a football
And me, I didn’t do anything at alle io, io non facevo nulla di nulla
He made touch-downslui realizzava touch-down
while I played poolmentre io giocavo a biliardo
And no one could figure oute nessuno riusciva a capire
which one of us was the foolchi di noi due fosse lo stupido
  
Then we both went off to collagePoi entrambi andammo al college
He studied medicine while I studied foliagelui studiava medicina io il fogliame
He got A’s, I got D’slui ebbe ottimo io sufficiente
He was going for his Ph.D.lui mirava al dottorato
Then I decided to drop outpoi io decisi di mollare
Things were getting a little too hotle cose si stavano facendo troppo difficili
Billy stayedBilly rimase
then became an intern then a doctordivenne ricercatore e poi dottore
Then war broke out and he had to gopoi scoppiò la guerra e lui dovette partire
But not me, I was mentally unfitma io no, io ero mentalmente inadatto
or so they say, so-socosì dissero, o qualcosa del genere
  
When he came back, he wasn’t quite the sameQuando tornò non era più lo stesso
His nerves were shot but not mei suoi nervi erano a pezzi, a differenza dei miei
Last time I saw himl’ultima volta che l’ho incontrato
I couldn’t take it anymorenon riuscivo proprio a sopportarlo
He wasn’t the Billy I knewnon era più il Billy che conoscevo un tempo
it was like talking to a doorera come parlare a un muro
  
Billy was a friend of mineBilly era mio amico
I grew up with himsiamo cresciuti insieme
ever since I was ninefin da quando avevamo nove anni
We went together through schoolandavamo insieme a scuola
And now I often wondere oggi mi chiedo spesso
which one of us was the foolchi di noi due fosse lo stupido


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