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 highschool 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 to collage

He studied medicine, while I studied foilage

He got "A's", and I got "D's"

He was going for his P.H.D.

The I decided to drop out

Then I decided to drop out

Things were getting a little to hot



Billy stayed there, 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 we were nine

We went together to school

And now I often wonder, which one of us was the fool