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[Verse 1]
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See the tree, how big it's grown,
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but friend it hasn't been too long,
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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,
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was just a twig.
[Verse 2]
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Then the first snow came,
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and she ran out to brush the snow away,
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so it wouldn't die.
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Came runnin' in all excited,
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slipped and almost hurt herself,
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and I laughed till I cried.
[Verse 3]
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She was always young at heart,
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kinda dumb and kinda smart,
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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,
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two years ago.
[Verse 4]
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And it would sure embarrass her,
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when I came in from workin' late,
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'cause I would know.
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That she'd been sittin' there and cryin',
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Over some sad and silly,
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late, late show.
[Chorus]
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And honey, I miss you,
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and I'm bein' good.
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And I'd love to be with you,
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if only I could.
[Verse 5]
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She wrecked the car and she was sad,
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and so afraid that I'd be mad,
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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,
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and hugged my neck.
[Verse 6]
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I came home unexpectedly,
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and caught her cryin' needlessly,
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in the 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,
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she went away.
[Chorus]
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And honey, I miss you,
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and I'm bein' good.
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And I'd love to be with you,
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if only I could.
[Verse 7]
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One day while I was not at home,
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while she was there and all alone,
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the angels came.
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Now all I have is memories,
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of Honey and I wake up nights,
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and call her name.
[Verse 8]
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Now my life's an empty stage,
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where Honey lived and Honey played,
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and love grew up.
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And a small cloud passes overhead,
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and cries down on the flower bed,
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that Honey loved.
[Verse 9]
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And see the tree how big it's grown,
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but friend it hasn't been too long,
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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,
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was just a twig.