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Billy era un buen amigo mío
Billy was a good friend of mine
Crecimos juntos desde que teníamos nueve años
We grew up together ever since we were nine
Fuimos al colegio, era mi mejor amigo
We went to school, he was my best friend
Y pensaba que nuestra amistad nunca acabaría
And I thought our friendship would never end
En el instituto jugaba al fútbol
In high school, he played football
Y yo, yo no hacía nada de nada
And me, I didn′t do anything at all
Hacía ensayos mientras yo jugaba al billar
He made touch-downs, while I played pool
Y nadie podía entender cuál de los dos era el loco
And no one could figure out which one of us was the fool
Luego ambos fuimos a la universidad
Then we both went off to collage
El estudiaba medicina mientras yo estudiaba el follaje
He studied medicine while I studied foliage
El conseguí aprobados y yo suspensos
He got A's and I got D′s
Iba a por la licenciatura
He was going for his Ph.D.
Entonces yo decidí abandonar
Then I decided to drop out
Las cosas se estaban poniendo un rato difíciles
Things were getting a little too hot
Billy se quedó, se convirtió en un interno, luego en doctor
Billy stayed there, became an intern and then a doctor
Luego estalló la guerra y tuvo que alistarse
Then war broke out and he had to go
Pero yo no, estaba mentalmente incapacitado o algo así dijieron
But not me, I was mentally unfit, or so they say, so, so
Cuando volvió no parecía el mismo
When he came back, he wasn't quite the same
sus nervios estaban rotos pero yo
His nerves were shot, but not me
La última vez que le ví no lo pude aguantar
Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore
No era el Billy que conocía, era como hablar a una puerta
He wasn′t the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door
Billy era amigo mío
Billy was a friend of mine
Crecí con él desde los nueve años
I grew up with him ever since I was nine
Fuimos juntos hasta el instituto
We went together through school
Y ahora me pregunto a menudo quién era el loco
And now I often wonder which one of us was the fool
