but friends, it hasn't been too long,
You know I laughed at her
The first day that she planted
And then the first snow came
Came run ning in all excited,
slipped and almost her to sell.
She was always young at heart,
kind of dumb and kind of smart,
And I surprised her with a puppy,
It would sure embarrass her
Over some saddened city, late late show
And I'd love to be with you
so afraid that I'd be mad,
Though I pretended hard to be,
she saw through me and hugged my neck
and found her crying needlessly
And it was in the early spring
When flowers bloomed and robins sang
and I'd love to be with you,
And one day when I wasn't home,
she was there and all alone
Now all I have is memories of honey
And I wake up nights and call her name
Yes, now my life's an empty stage
Where honey lived and honey played
And a small cloud passes overhead
And cries down on the flower bed
Now see the tree, how big it's grown
But friends, it hasn't been too long