Honey

(album: Big Girls Don't Cry - 1968)

See the tree how big it's grown but friend
It hasn't been too long it wasn't big
And I laughed at him and he got mad
The first day that he planted, it was just a twig
Then the first snow came and he ran out to brush the snow away
So it wouldn't die
Came running in all excited
Slipped and almost hurt himself and I laughed till I cried

He was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved him so
And I surprised him with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
And it would sure embarrass me
When he'd come in from working late
'Cause he'd always know
If I'd been sitting there and crying
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

He wrecked the car and he was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad but what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say he saw through me
And hugged my neck
He came home unexpectedly and caught me crying needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing he 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 was not at home
And he was there and all alone the angels came
Now all I have are memories of honey
And I wake up nights and call his 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 him and he got mad
The first day that he planted, it was just a twig