My Honey Brown, lovely barefooted clown,
as sweet and wild as honeysuckle vine.
Now children would follow everyplace
you would go,
Thrill and delight to your
one woman show.
How foolish and vain
to think that I could change
a girl who's heart was born
for the stage.
Honey Brown, we were world's apart
I knew it from the start.
That's why I stepped aside
and let you go free
Cause Honey Brown, my love
was so deep.
I used to laugh at
your movie magazines.
You vowed one day you'd
be on the screen.
I'd fight in the streets
when folks tried to say
You'd love any man
who promised you fame.
And then he came
in his big shiny car
took your love from me
and broke my heart.
Honey Brown, through your tears
you're gonna find, life can be cruel
and so unkind
So, Honey Brown,
don't let his masquerade
make a streetcorner,
make a streetcorner, your stage.
Ooooh, Don't let him do it.
Don't let him do it.
Ooooh Honey, ooooh
How foolish and vain
to think that I could change
A girl who's heart
was born for the stage.
Honey Brown, Girl can'tcha
see, I'll always love ya
and wan'tcha here with me.
Honey Brown, I'll be around
You're gonna need me
when the tears come down.
Ooooh Honey, Ooooh Honey
FADE
Frank Wilson - Terri McFaddin - Don Daniels
From the 1974 album Boogie Down
A special thanks to the ((Kenfolks)) for helping fill in the lyrics.
