Waiting on June-Holly Williams

[ti:Waiting on June] [ar:Holly Williams] [al:The Highway] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.33]She was from North Louisiana in the town of Mer Rouge [00:04.07]I fell in love in a week or two [00:07.01]It didn't take long to love a girl like that [00:10.91] [00:12.54]We were barely ten in the cotton fields [00:15.74]Playing horseshoe with the colored kids [00:18.80]I tried to kiss her she grabbed a baseball bat [00:22.93] [00:23.93]I was waiting on June I hope she comes to see me [00:30.44]Waiting on June I can't take this feeling [00:35.82]Waiting on June [00:39.00] [00:39.57]I pray to God she'll love me one of these days [00:43.99]I hope I find my way waiting on June [00:50.11] [00:54.43]I went off in '42 to fight those boys and pay my dues [01:00.12]Her wallet picture kept my spirits high [01:04.42] [01:06.05]Charley boy died in my arms he saw Jesus I saw blood [01:11.91]It soaked her wallet picture that cold night [01:15.93] [01:17.36]Well I told my best friend Charley [01:20.04]I would kiss his girl goodbye [01:23.03]He made me promise I'd go home [01:26.51]And make miss June my wife [01:29.70]Shaking like a drunk old fool [01:32.32]I hopped off of that plane [01:35.44]And I ran home to ask her in the rain [01:39.56] [01:40.92]Waiting on June I hope that she says yes [01:46.92]Waiting on June in her faded summer dress [01:52.97]Waiting on June her daddy shook my hand [01:59.35]And she lit up the moment I pulled out that silver band [02:04.78]Waiting on June [02:07.04] [02:10.90]Well we married at the Methodist Church [02:14.09]Found a big white cow and a piece of dirt [02:17.04]With pecan trees to build our homestead on [02:20.76] [02:22.88]Jolynn Becky then Donna then Shelby [02:26.19]Our tiny house was a sanctuary [02:28.94]Laughter filled those rooms all day long [02:32.88] [02:33.75]And we're waiting on June she's putting on her makeup [02:39.99]Waiting on June she's trying to get her hair curled [02:45.99]Waiting on June kids listen to me [02:51.57]You walk on down to Sunday school I'll be there in 15 [02:57.69]Waiting on June [03:00.00] [03:03.93]Well time flew by like they said it would [03:06.93]Yeah the kids grew fast and the farm did good [03:09.93]Mrs Bertha made our supper everyday [03:13.93] [03:15.81]At noon that silver bell would ring [03:18.68]We'd all say grace and dig on in [03:21.75]We always ate together in those days [03:25.93] [03:27.68]One by one those kids went off [03:30.68]And found a love of their own [03:33.62]There's nothing like the joy [03:35.68]I knew when they brought their babies home [03:39.23]We'd play all day in the cotton fields [03:42.17]With the dogs I raised up right [03:45.48]And end in grandma's kitchen every night [03:49.73] [03:50.86]Waiting on June honey don't burn the bacon [03:56.78]Waiting on June our bellies are a-aching [04:02.78]Waiting on June she turns that fork so slow [04:08.92]And we all had to sit there 'til the last bite was no more [04:14.66]Waiting on June [04:17.19] [04:21.07]We were slower than we used to be [04:24.57]The nursing home told June and me [04:27.26]That we'd have separate rooms side by side [04:31.37] [04:36.23]Oh what I'd give for one more night of sleeping with my wife [04:42.73]Since '45 I've touched her skin in the middle of the night [04:48.60]So I'm lyin' in this single bed until they cut the lights [04:54.85]That's when she'll sneak in and I'll be fine [04:59.66] [05:03.59]Waiting on June so we can kiss goodnight [05:09.79]Waiting on June I'll hold her hand so tight [05:15.72]Waiting on June I'll love her 'til I die [05:21.94] [05:22.56]It's bittersweet when love grows old [05:25.19]And you really miss your wife [05:27.80]Waiting on June [05:29.99] [05:34.07]Well they buried me last Tuesday morning [05:37.25]The good Lord came He took me home [05:40.26]I closed my eyes and quickly went away [05:44.44] [05:46.19]But the angels let me see her everyday [05:51.25] [05:51.99]Waiting on June our mansion is so grand [05:58.12]Waiting on June footprints in the sand [06:04.13]Waiting on June that's the story of my life [06:10.43]Cause me and Jesus are standing here [06:13.11]'Til she walks through that light [06:15.85]Waiting on June [06:18.60] [06:20.73]I'm still waiting on June [06:25.17] [06:26.60]I'm always waiting on June [06:30.53] [06:32.85]No more waiting on June