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 fifteen
 Waiting on June
 Well the time flew by like they said it would
 Yeah the kids grew fast and the farm did good
 Mrs. Bertha made our supper every day
 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 every day
 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