BOBBY GOLDSBORO: HONEY (Bobby Russell) 4/4 - 94

In 1968, this pretty sad song was a world wide hit record.
In the U.S.A. it peaked on nr. 1, and was in the Top-20 for 11 weeks.
In the U.K. it peaked on nr. 2, and was also for 11 weeks in the Top-20.
In the Netherlands it peaked on nr. 6, and charted for 12 weeks.

You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBiaEni6ePk

      
[Intro]

                


[Verse 1]


See the tree, 

how big it's g

rown,
         
but friend it 

      
hasn't been to

o long,
          
it wasn't big.

    
           
I laughed at h

      
er and she got

 mad,
           
the first day 

        
that she plant

ed it,
             
was just a twi

     
g.


[Verse 2]


Then the first

 snow came,
           
and she ran ou

            
t to brush the


 snow away,
           
so it wouldn't

        
 die.
           
Came runnin' i

           
n all excited,
           
slipped and al

     
most hurt hers

elf,
             
and I laughed 

               
till I cried.


[Verse 3]

             
She was always

              
 young at hear

 
t,
         
kinda dumb and

 
 kinda smart,
           
and I loved he

        
r so.
           
And I surprise

            
d her with a p

   
uppy,
           
kept me up all

 
 Christmas Eve

,
            
two years ago.

  


[Verse 4]

   
And it would s

ure embarrass 

her,
         
when I came in

     
 from workin' 

late,
           
'cause I would

         
 know.
           
That she'd bee

            
n sittin' ther

           
e and cryin',
          
   Over some s

           
ad and silly,
             
late, late sho

  
w.


[Chorus]

          
And honey, I m

        
iss you,
           
and I'm bein' 

    
good.
            
And I'd love t

            
o be with you,
           
if only I coul

   
d.


[Verse 5]

   
She wrecked th

e car and she 

was sad,
         
and so afraid 

    
that I'd be ma

d,
           
but what the h

       
eck.
           
Though I prete

    
nded hard to b

e,
           
guess you coul

         
d say she saw 

through me,
             
and hugged my 

       
neck.


[Verse 6]


I came home un

expectedly,
         
and caught her

       
 cryin' needle

ssly,
           
in the middle 

              
of the day.
           
And it was in 

   
the early spri

ng,
           
when flowers b

        
loom and robin

s sing,
            
she went away.




[Chorus]

          
And honey, I m

        
iss you,
           
and I'm bein' 

    
good.
            
And I'd love t

            
o be with you,
           
if only I coul

    
d.


[Verse 7]

   
One day while 

I was not at h

ome,
         
while she was 

         
there and all 

alone,
           
the angels cam

     
e.
           
Now all I have

   
 is memories,
           
of Honey and I


 wake up night

s,
             
and call her n

       
ame.


[Verse 8]


Now my life's 

an empty stage

,
         
where Honey li

       
ved and Honey 

played,
           
and love grew 

      
up.
           
And a small cl

          
oud passes ove

rhead,
           
and cries down

       
 on the flower

 bed,
             
that Honey lov

    
ed.


[Verse 9]

   
And see the tr

ee how big it'

s grown,
         
but friend it 

      
hasn't been to

o long,
          
it wasn't big.

    

(in fade out)

           
And I laughed 

          
at her and she

 got mad,
           
the first day 

        
that she plant

ed it,
             
was just a twi

     
g.