But friend, it hasn't been too long,
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted
and she ran out to brush the snow away,
Came run ning in all excited,
slipped and almost hurt herself,
and I laughed till I cried.
She was always young at heart,
kind of dumb and kind of smart,
I surprised her with a puppy,
And it would sure embarrass her
when I came home from workin' late
Over some sad and silly late, late show
And I'd love to be with you
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
and found her crying needlessly
And it was in the early spring
and Robin sing she went away
and I'd love to be with you,
Yes, one day while I wasn't home,
and all alone the angels came
And now my life's an empty stage
Cries down in the flowerbed
And I'd love to be with you