Lou Reed – Billy (Guitar)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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