Billy Stay

[Intro]
| G | - | -     | - |
| - | - | Cadd9 | - |

[Verse 1]
G
Billy,
won't you stay? You've been up all night
Cadd9
Talkin' 'bout flowers from '65
     G
That print on that dress that you always liked
             Cadd9                                    G Cadd9
When we were young enough to go out and dance at night

[Verse 2]
G
We'd cross the street and you'd hold my hand
Cadd9
Same man now that you were back then
G
Young kids,
good for nothing but high hopin'
Cadd9
Broke and starvin',
plastic ring perfect for elopin'

[Verse 3]
G Cadd9    G
       The years went by fast,
you were so good to me
    Cadd9
Our children have children, Billy,
how could it be?
    G
But ninety years is nothing to some kids like us
So,
Cadd9
baby stick around and tell a story just because

[Chorus]
       D           G
Billy, stay a while
D                 Cadd9                   G
Lately you've been     slippin' in and out
       D           G
Billy, stay a child
    D                 Cadd9                      G
And tell me 'bout that     girl you dreamed about
      D           G
Billy stay a while
D             Cadd9                    G
Tell me of the     lovers who once were
           D           G
And Billy, stay a child
D                 Cadd9                       G  G Cadd9
Tell me 'bout that     girl and how you loved her

[Verse 4]
G
Billy, don't forget,
won't you keep on tryin'
     Cadd9
I'll keep my ears open to keep from cryin'
       G
You're more handsome now than you were back then
            Cadd9
And I'm the same girl you fell for when we were kids

[Verse 5]
G Cadd9   G
       If love was enough,
then you'd stay forever
    Cadd9
But I    guess sometimes that the end is better
       G
'Cause love turns to loss as the time goes by
    Cadd9
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
And tell me 'bout that girl you dreamed about
Billy stay a while
Tell me of the lovers who once were
And Billy, stay a child
Tell me 'bout that girl and how you loved her

[Outro]
G    G
 And you went back home in your sleep last night
    Cadd9
And I    heard you whisper, I love you,
goodbye
    G
But maybe your heaven's 1965
        Cadd9
With my hair in your face on a long summer drive
   G
To me,
you'll never be the times you forgot
    Cadd9
But all  of our good times and the flowers you bought