Billy grew up quickly in the suburbs in the east
His family was the working poor
His uncle was a priest
People said that he was quiet
People said he was withdrawn
He was diligent at study
He often dreamed of somewhere warm
Maybe someplace with a coastline
Far away from where he lived
He would leave this town forever, man
And that's what Billy did
He hit the books, worked shitty jobs
And saved up all his bucks
Other kids said that he had no friends
But he didn't give a fuck
And when he graduated school
Finished top amongst his peers
His parents cried with pride
And he thought that was pretty weird
Billy left forever in the middle of the night
Had had money, he had options
Oh yeah Billy felt alright
And he jumped aboard a plane
He was heading for the coast
Maybe Billy'd meet a girl
Maybe she'd love him the most
Billy, all the world is waiting for you
Everybody's talking about Billy
Everybody's talking to you
Billy got where he was going
He was sitting on a beach
And he met a girl named Suzie
She was sucking on a peach
She had eyes that shone light sapphires
Hair that shimmered gold
She was gonna be a teacher
She was twenty-three years old
They spent their evenings dancing
Oh that summer was the best
She was sensitive and thoughtful
She liked pissing on his chest
Billy wrote her poems
About the moon, about the sun
She enjoyed their summer fling
But Billy thought she was the one
But no good thing lasts forever
And once Suzie had gone back home
Billy's peaches all were rotten
Billy's nights were spent alone
Billy, she was never waiting for you
Doesn't make it meaningless, but
Billy what are you going to do?
Now Billy goes by William
And William's all grown up
He's got several cashmere sweaters
Gets his hair cut once a month
William went to law school
He's a partner in a firm
He married a consultant
She was driven, she was stern
They had similar objectives
Yeah their partnership made sense
And they had a little girl
A little girl that they called Jess
Little Jess was growing up and doing well at school
William went along one Monday night
To hear the teacher's news
All about his little girl
And how promising she was
William nodded along silently
He long ago gave up on finding joy in anything
His family, his job
His wife was gonna leave him soon
He thought that fair enough
Each new classroom was the same
Until the final teacher's desk
Brought William back to life again
Nothing to do with Jess
He couldn't hear a word
Of his daughter's teacher's speech
William's eyes began to water
On the table was a peach
And it all came flooding back
Oh the sun, the dance, the scent
All the time between then and now
So easy to forget
And that night as William dreamt
About a waterfall of gold
He met a woman there named Suzie
She was twenty-three years old