Verse 1
Billy won’t you stay
We’ve been up all night
Talkin’ ’bout fireworks
From sixty-five
The prints on that dress
That you always liked
We were young and off
To go out and dance at night
We crossed the street
And you hold my hand
Same hand now that you were back then
Young kids, good for nothin’
But high hopin’
Brokened, starvin’, plastic ring
Perfect for elopin’
The years went by fast
You were so good to me
Our children have children
Billy, how could it be?
But ninety years is nothin’ to
Some kids like us
So baby stick around
Tell a story just because
Chorus
Billy, stay a while
Lately you’ve been slippin’ in and out
Billy, stay a child
Tell me ’bout that girl you dream about
Billy, stay a while
Tell me of the lovers who once were
Billy, stay a child
Tell me ’bout that girl
And how you loved her
Verse 2
Billy, don’t forget
Won’t you keep on tryin’
I’ll keep my ears open
To keep from cryin’
You’re more handsome now
Than you were back then
And I’m the same girl you fell for
When we were kids
If love was enough
Then you’d stay forever
But I guess sometimes
That the end is better
Cuz love turns to loss
As the time goes by
You don’t know your own name
But you know mine
Chorus
Billy, stay a while
Lately you’ve been slippin’ in and out
Billy, stay a child
Tell me ’bout that girl you dream about
Billy, stay a while
Tell me of the lovers who once were
Billy, stay a child
Tell me ’bout that girl
And how you loved her
Outro
And you went back home
In your sleep last night
And I heard you whisper
I love you, goodbye
But maybe your heaven’s 1965
My hair in your face
On a long summer drive
To me you’ll never be
The times you forgot
But all of our good times
And the flowers you bought
