Billy

It started at sixteen, at our birthday parties

Two high school kids with wide-open hearts

Double dates with Greg and Teri at the movie screen

Chasing thrills at Six Flags, living in a dream

I gave you my love when we were so young

A tender devotion that had just begun

Billy, I loved you then, and I love you still

I always have, and I always will

You’re my faithful protector, my steady and true

I lift up my hands and thank God for you

Through the waiting and the years that fell away

My heart was holding on for this very day

My dad’s job moved us, and it pulled us apart

But distance could never erase you from my heart

Thirty-one years of life passing by

Living our days under separate skies

Then Heaven stepped in, brought you back to me

To finish the story we were meant to be

Billy, I loved you then, and I love you still

I always have, and I always will

You’re my faithful protector, my steady and true

I lift up my hands and thank God for you

Through the waiting and the years that fell away

My heart was holding on for this very day

Almost fifteen years since we said "I do"

I see the hard-working, loving soul in you

You’re friendly and helpful, encouraging and strong

With you by my side is exactly where I belong

God wrote a masterpiece, a circle perfectly drawn

From our teenage years to this beautiful dawn

Oh Billy, I loved you then, and I love you still

I always have, and I always will

You’re my faithful protector, my steady and true

I lift up my hands and thank God for you

After thirty-one years that we spent apart

You are the keeper of my whole heart

Loved you then, love you still

Always have, always will