Waiting On June

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 colored 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...