Nanette Workman - Billy lyrics

Was it yesterday When me and billy played in the snow Outside the house On the street we used to call our home? Was it long ago When he said his first hello And i held him tightly In my tiny arms? And now i look back And i wish i was a young girl With my long pigtails And sitting in the backyard With my brother that i love Has it been so long? Has it been so long? Has it been so long Since we held each other strong And we cried all through the night When we lost our little puppy to the lord? Billy was so small And then he grew so tall All the years between They seem so far away And now i look back And i wish i was a young girl With my long pigtails And sitting in the backyard With my brother that i love Has it been so long? Has it been so long? Then i went away He was 12 years old that day I remember salty tears Trickled down his sad and freckled face I was 17 And the whole world was a dream Maybe then i should've stopped And looked ahead And now i look back And i wish i was a young girl With my long pigtails And sitting in the backyard With my brother that i love Has it been so long? Has it been so long? And now i look back And i wish i was a young girl (wish i was a young girl) With my long pigtails And sitting in the backyard (sitting in the backyard) With my brother that i love Has it been so long? (been so long) Has it been so long? (has it been so long?) And now i look back And i wish i was a young girl (wish i was a young girl) With my long pigtails And sitting in the backyard (sitting in the backyard) With my brother that i love Has it been so long? (has it been so long) Has it been so long? (has it been so long?) And now i look back And i wish i was a young girl (wish i was a young girl) With my long pigtails And sitting in the backyard (sitting in the backyard) With my brother that i love Has it been so long? (has it been so long) Has it been so long?