Honey

Honey

-Bobby Goldsboro

See the tree how big it's grown

But friend it hasn't been too long

It wasn't big.

I laughed at her and she got mad

The first day that she planted it

Was just a twig.

The the first snow came

And she ran out to brush the snow away

So it wouldn't die.

Came runnin' in all excited

Slipped and almost hurt herself

I laughed till cried.

She was always young at heart

Kind a dumb and kind a smart

And I loved her so.

I surprised her with a puppy

Kept me up all christmas eve

Two years ago.

And it would sure embarrass her

When I came home from working late

'Cause I would know

That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'.

Over some sad and silly late late show:

And Honey I miss you

And I'm being good

And I'd love to be with you

If only I could.

She wrecked the car and she was sad

And so afraid that I'd be mad

But what the heck.

Though I pretended hard to be

Guess you could say she saw through me

And hugged my neck.

I came home unexpectedly

And found her crying needlessly

In the middle of the day

And it was in the early spring

When flowers bloom and robins sing

She went away.

And Honey I miss you

And I'm being good

And I'd love to be with you

If only I could

One day while I wasn't home

While she was there and all alone

The angels came.

Now all I have is memories

Of Honey and I wake up nights

And call her name.

Now my life's an empty stage

Where Honey lived and Honey played

And love grew up.

A small cloud passes over head

And cries down in the flower bed

That Honey loved.

See the tree how big it's grown

But friend it hasn't been too long

It wasn't big.

I laughed at her and she got mad

The first day that she planted it

Was just a twig...