Billy was a 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

Then we left school and went up to college

He studied medicine, while I studied foilage

He made touch-downs, while I played pool

And no one could figure out, which one of us was the fool

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

He wasn't the guy I knew, it was like talking to a wall

Billy was a 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

Come on Billy boy, Go, Go, GO