Homecoming Party

Leave my suitcase by the car I'll bring it in in the mornin' Stack my guitar case just inside the door Pet the dog too tired to wag his tail Check the mail and walk on down the hallway I've got to fix these old floor boards Wash up at the sink, glance in the mirror Who is that man who ain't been here in three long weeks or maybe more? All this gettin' off the road has got me ragged to the bone and coming home There ain't no homecoming party Pop a yellow pill, the kind for sleepin' through The sound of wakin' children when the daylight starts to show And it's silent up the carpet stairs and peek into the nursery Where the little ones are dreamin' sweet and low I can hear 'em cryin', "daddy where you been? And did you bring me back a present from a distant sunny shore?" All this gettin' off the road has got me ragged to the bone and coming home There ain't no homecoming party Oh it's 10, 000 places and 20, 000 faces And half a million miles I'm bound to row And I'm weary and wasted, and all that I can taste is One lonesome tear on the tip of my tongue She must've left the light on I'll just slip into the bed and let it burn And when our bodies touch I'l pull away and not disturb her Even though I long for love so much it hurts And maybe we won't argue in the mornin' We'll be makin' love and just let that old calendar turn All this gettin' off the road has got me ragged to the bone and coming home Sure ain't no homecoming party