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.