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 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 runnin' 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 embarra** me When he'd come in from working late cause he'd always know If I'd been sittin' there and cryin' 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