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See the tree, how big it's grown
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But friend, it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big
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I laughed at her and she got mad
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The first day that she planted, it was just a twig
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Then the first snow came and she ran out
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To brush the snow away, so it wouldn't die
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Came runnin' in all excited
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Slipped and almost hurt herself, I laughed 'til I cried
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She was always young at heart
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Kind a dumb and kind a smart, and I loved her so
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And I surprised her with a puppy
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Kept me up all Christmas eve, two years ago
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And it would sure embarrass her
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When I came home from working late, 'cause I would know
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That she'd been sittin' there cryin
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Over some sad and silly late, late show
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And Honey, I miss you and I'm being good
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And I'd love to be with you, if only I could
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She wrecked the car and she was sad
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And so afraid that I'd be mad, but what the heck
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Though I pretended hard to be
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Guess you could say she saw through me, and hugged my neck
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I came home unexpectedly
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And found her crying needlessly, in middle of the day
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And it was in the early spring
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When flowers bloom and Robins sing, she went away
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And Honey, I miss you and I'm being good
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And I'd love to be with you, if only I could
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One day while I was not in home
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While she was there and all alone, the angels came
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Now all I have is memories
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Of Honey, and I wake up nights, and call her name
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Now my life's an empty stage
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Where Honey lived and Honey played, and love grew up
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And a small cloud passes over head
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And cries down in the flower bed, that Honey loved
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Then see the tree, how big it's grown
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But friend, it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big
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And I laughed at her and she got mad
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The first day that she planted, it was just a twig...
Written by Bobby Russell