Waiting On June Lyrics - Highway - Holly Williams

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