honey

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

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 'til 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 2 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 an' 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 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 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 over head

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

she got mad

the first day that she planted it

was just a twig.