Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
1968
jaar
Top 40
6
piekpositie
Top 40
12
weken
Top 40
313
punten
Top 40
Sommigen mogen zijn vertolking van Honey dan wel beschouwen als een van de slechtste liedjes aller tijden, het nummer legt Bobby Goldsboro bepaald geen windeieren. Eerst is het in 1968 een internationaal succes, daarna belandt Honey in het Verenigd Koninkrijk in de jaren zeventig nogmaals bovenaan de hitlijsten. Zelf is de zanger dan vooral actief in de wereld van de countrymuziek.
Trivia
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Honey
Lengte A-kant
3:58
Componist(en) A-kant
Bob Russell
Producer(s) A-kant
Bob Montgomery
Titel B-kant
Danny
Lengte B-kant
2:26
Componist(en) B-kant
Bobby Goldsboro
Producer(s) B-kant
Jack Gold
Platenlabel
United Artists
Catalogusnr
UA 25.767
Hoogste positie UK
2
Hoogste positie US
1
Album
Honey
Songtekst
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 runnin' 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
And it would sure embarrass her
When I came in from workin' late
Cause I would know
That she'd been sittin' there and cryin'
Over some sad and silly
Late Late Show
And honey, I miss you
And I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And 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
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early Spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
And honey, I miss you
And I'm bein' good
And I'd love to be with you
If only I could
One day while 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
And 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