I know I've been a bad, bad boy and been away from home
But didn't I write and didn't I call, yeah, didn't I telephone
I've shown your picture to my friends and they all agree
That, oh, honey child, that you must wait for me
Oh, honey child, that you must wait for me
I haven't made much money
But love is a splendid thing
And I gotta tell you, honey
I've saved enough to buy a grave
We'll make a little love nest
That we can call our own
Other folks may laugh and scorn
But we will have a home
Little children round our feet
As happy as can be
If only, honey, you will wait for me
If only, honey, you will wait for me
Twenty years have passed since then
And things got slowly worse
Damn it
Her mother was evicted from a slum in town
And came to join us first
Then her brother from Milwaukee
Went and lost his dorky
And didn't even ask if he could stay
He just walked in as cool as a cat
And asked to stay the night
Now, honey child, you know that just ain't right
Oh, honey child, you know it just ain't right
Kids seem to sprout from every ball
And now we've got seventeen
I tell you, honey, I can't take no more
I'm the saddest sight I've ever seen
That lovely girl I once knew
Just let herself go
Don't you talk about me like that
You know good so-and-so
I tell you, folks, I've had enough
I've given all I'm given
Oh, honey child, you just can't call this living
Oh, honey child, you just can't call this living
I tell you, folks, I've had enough