Honey de Bobby Goldsboro

Honey-artist: Bobby Goldsboro-the # 16 song of the 1960-1969 rock era-was # 1 for 5 weeks in 1968-words and music by Bobby Russell (who also wrote "little green apples" and -"the night the lights went out in Georgia").
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 running in all excited, slipped and almost hurt herself and I laughed till I cried
she was always young at heart, kind a dumb and kind a 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 working late 'cause I would know that she'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
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 crying 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 being 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, was just a

transcribed by Arthur Rodriguez. />