Waiting on June

Album: The Highway (2013)
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  • She was from North Louisiana in the town of Mer Rouge
    I fell in love in a week or two,
    It didn't take long to love a girl like that
    We were barely ten in the cotton fields
    Playing horseshoe with the coloured kids
    I tried to kiss her, she grabbed a baseball bat

    I was waiting on June, I hope she comes to see me
    Waiting on June, I can't take this feeling
    Waiting on June, I pray to God she'll love me one of these days
    I hope I find my way waiting on June

    I went off in '42 to fight those boys and pay my dues
    Her wallet picture kept my spirits high
    Charley boy died in my arms, he saw Jesus, I saw blood
    It soaked her wallet picture that cold night

    Well I told my best friend Charley I would kiss his girl goodbye
    He made me promise I'd go home and make miss June my wife
    Shaking like a drunk old fool, I hopped off of that plane
    And I ran home to ask her in the rain

    Waiting on June, I hope that she says yes
    Waiting on June, in her faded summer dress
    Waiting on June, her daddy shook my hand
    And she lit up the moment I pulled out that silver band
    Waiting on June

    Well we married at the Methodist Church
    Found a big white cow and a piece of dirt
    With pecan trees to build our homestead on
    Jolynn, Becky, then Donna, then Shelby,
    Our tiny house was a sanctuary
    Laughter filled those rooms all day long

    Waiting on June, she's putting on her makeup
    Waiting on June, she's trying to get her hair curled
    Waiting on June, kids listen to me
    You walk on down to Sunday school, I'll be there in 15
    Waiting on June

    Well time flew by like they said it would
    Yeah the kids grew fast and the farm did good
    Mrs. Bertha made our supper everyday
    At noon that silver bell would ring
    We'd all say grace and dig on in
    We always ate together in those days

    One by one those kids went off and found a love of their own
    There's nothing like the joy I knew when they brought their babies home
    We'd play all day in the cotton fields with the dogs I raised up right
    And end in grandma's kitchen every night

    Waiting on June, honey don't burn the bacon
    Waiting on June, our bellies are a-aching
    Waiting on June, she turns that fork so slow
    And we all had to sit there 'til the last bite was no more
    Waiting on June

    We were slower than we used to be, the nursing home told June and me
    That we'd have separate rooms side by side,
    Oh what I'd give for one more night of sleeping with my wife,
    Since '45 I've touched her skin in the middle of the night
    So I'm lyin' in this single bed until they cut the lights,
    That's when she'll sneak in and I'll be fine

    Waiting on June, so we can kiss goodnight
    Waiting on June, I'll hold her hand so tight
    Waiting on June, I'll love her 'til I die
    It's bittersweet when love grows old and you really miss your wife
    Waiting on June

    Well they buried me last Tuesday morn,
    The good Lord came, He took me home,
    I closed my eyes and quickly went away
    But the angels let me see her everyday

    Waiting on June, our mansion is so grand
    Waiting on June, footprints in the sand
    Waiting on June, that's the story of my life
    Cause me and Jesus are standing here 'til she walks through that light
    Waiting on June

    I'm still waiting on June,
    I'm always waiting on June.
    No more waiting on June Writer/s: HOLLY WILLIAMS
    Publisher: DO WRITE MUSIC LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Charlie’s Fantasm from HellThe twist is that June was Charlie’s wife before the war. It’s sick, but true.
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