Lou Reed - Billy lyrics

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 a's and i got d's 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, it was 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 And now i often wonder, which one of us was the fool