Billy

Written by：Lou Reed

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 high school 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 foliage

He got As and I got Ds

He was going for his PH.D

Then I decided to drop out

Things were getting a little too hot

Billy stayed there became an intern and 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 like talking to a door

Billy was a friend of mine

I grew up with him ever since I was nine

We went together through school

Now I often wonder which one of us was the fool