Honey lyrics

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, it was just a twig.

Then 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

and I laughed till I cried

She was always young at heart,

kinda dumb and kinda smart

and I loved her so.

And I surprised her with a puppy

kept me up all Christmas Eve, two years ago.

And it would sure embarrass her

when I came in from workin' 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 bein' 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 caught her cryin' needlessly

in the middle of a 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 bein' good.

And I'd love to be with you if only I could.

One day, while I was not at 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.

And a small cloud passes overhead

and cries down on the flower bed

that Honey loved.

And see the tree how big it's grown,

but, friend, it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big.

And I laughed at her and she got mad

the first day that she planted it, it was just a twig.

• Artist:Bobby Goldsboro
• Album:Single (1968)