O.C. Smith - Honey (I Miss You) lyrics

See the tree How big it's grown But friend it hasn't been too long, wasn't it I laughed at her And she got made The first day she planted it Was just a twig And 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 And kind of dumb, kind of smart And I loved her so I surprised her with a puppy Kept me up all Christmas eve, two years ago And it would sure embarra** her When I came home from workin' 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 Oh and I'm being good And I'd love to be with you If only I could Oh she wrecked the car And she was sad And so afraid 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 found her crying needlessly In the middle of the day And it was in the early spring When flowers bloom and robins sing She went away One day while I wasn't 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 A small cloud pa**es overhead And cries down in the flowerbed That honey loved Oh honey I miss you Miss you And I'm being good And I'd love to be with you Honey I miss you Miss you I'm being good And I'd love to be with you If only I could