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[Verse 1]
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Billy was a good friend of mine
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We grew up together ever since we were nine
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We went to school, he was my best friend
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And I thought our friendship would never end
[Verse 2]
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In high school he played football
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And me, I didn't do anything at all
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He made touch-downs while I played pool
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And no one could figure out which one of us was the fool
[Verse 3]
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Then we both went off to college
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He studied medicine while I studied foliage
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He got A's, I got D's
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He was going for his Ph.D.
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Then I decided to drop out
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Things were getting a little too hot
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Billy stayed then became an intern then a doctor
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Then war broke out and he had to go
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But not me, I was mentally unfit or so they say, so-so
[Verse 4]
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When he came back, he wasn't quite the same
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His nerves were shot but not me
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Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore
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He wasn't the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door
[Verse 5]
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Billy was a friend of mine
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I grew up with him ever since I was nine
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We went together through school
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And now I often wonder which one of us was the fool
