Original | Traduzione italiana da www.loureed.it |
BILLY | BILLY |
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Billy was a good friend of mine | Billy era un mio buon amico |
We grew up together | siamo cresciuti insieme |
ever since we were nine | fin da quando avevamo nove anni |
We went to school | andavamo a scuola |
he was my best friend | lui era il mio migliore amico |
And I thought our friendship | e pensavo che la nostra amicizia |
would never end | non sarebbe mai finita |
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In high school he played football | Alle superiori lui giocava a football |
And me, I didn’t do anything at all | e io, io non facevo nulla di nulla |
He made touch-downs | lui realizzava touch-down |
while I played pool | mentre io giocavo a biliardo |
And no one could figure out | e nessuno riusciva a capire |
which one of us was the fool | chi di noi due fosse lo stupido |
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Then we both went off to collage | Poi entrambi andammo al college |
He studied medicine while I studied foliage | lui studiava medicina io il fogliame |
He got A’s, I got D’s | lui ebbe ottimo io sufficiente |
He was going for his Ph.D. | lui mirava al dottorato |
Then I decided to drop out | poi io decisi di mollare |
Things were getting a little too hot | le cose si stavano facendo troppo difficili |
Billy stayed | Billy rimase |
then became an intern then a doctor | divenne ricercatore e poi dottore |
Then war broke out and he had to go | poi scoppiò la guerra e lui dovette partire |
But not me, I was mentally unfit | ma io no, io ero mentalmente inadatto |
or so they say, so-so | così dissero, o qualcosa del genere |
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When he came back, he wasn’t quite the same | Quando tornò non era più lo stesso |
His nerves were shot but not me | i suoi nervi erano a pezzi, a differenza dei miei |
Last time I saw him | l’ultima volta che l’ho incontrato |
I couldn’t take it anymore | non riuscivo proprio a sopportarlo |
He wasn’t the Billy I knew | non era più il Billy che conoscevo un tempo |
it was like talking to a door | era come parlare a un muro |
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Billy was a friend of mine | Billy era mio amico |
I grew up with him | siamo cresciuti insieme |
ever since I was nine | fin da quando avevamo nove anni |
We went together through school | andavamo insieme a scuola |
And now I often wonder | e oggi mi chiedo spesso |
which one of us was the fool | chi di noi due fosse lo stupido |
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