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. 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