Bobby Goldsboro had a minor string of pop and country top 40 hits in the mid to late 60's, writing most of them himself, as one of the first singer-songwriters of the era. His biggest hit, though, was a sentimental ditty written by Bobby Russell, about a man who misses his wife who has died young. It's not clear how she died. Was it a suicide? An illness? The lyrics are unclear, but give some tantalizing clues. He recalls coming upon her sobbing late at night and also in the middle of the day and when she wrecks the car. Was she depressed? Did he miss the signs and only now realizes her cries for help? Honey was number 1 on the pop charts for four weeks in a row and legend has it (i.e. Wikipedia) that the talented BG recorded it in one take. Goldsboro was also an excellent tunesmith in his own right and wrote some moving melodies. In fact, he's the creator of a song to be discussed later in these very pages. (Spoiler Alert: It's With Pen in Hand.)
A pivotal verse:
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early Spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck
Though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say she saw through me
And hugged my neck
I came home unexpectedly
And caught her cryin' needlessly
In the middle of the day
And it was in the early Spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away
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