See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a twig
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 kinda dumb and kinda smart and I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy kept me up all Christmas Eve two years ago
It would sure embarrass her when I came in from working 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 and I'm being good and I'd love to be with you if only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad so afraid that 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 caught her crying needlessly in the middle of the day
It was in the early spring when flowers bloom and robbins sing she 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 when I was not at 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
And a small cloud passes overhead and cries down on the flower bed that honey loved
See the tree how big it's grown but friend it hasn't been too long it wasn't big
And I laughed at her and she got mad the first day that she planted it was just a twig

Writer : GILLESPIE, HAVEN/WHITING, RICHARD A./SIMONS, SEYMOUR
Copyright : Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing