when you come home, there will be a parade for you
when you come home, we will line the streets for you
when you come home, the kids will catch the candy that we throw
when you come home
when you come home, we will have a pilot write your name in the sky
and the birds will think you're quite a legend
when you come home, when you come home
would it kill you to visit every once and a while?
if you did i'd make the bed up just how you like it
christmas cards and prompted phone calls won't get me through the year
i want you here, i need you here
when you come home, we will post an add in the newspaper and say
'for 30 cents a word we hope you stay, you stay'
i'll cook a big meal, with a turkey, and a coconut creme pie
i'll use the good plates and the good cups
it's been a while since we've had company of any kind and
i've been meaning to say
'oh i need you i need you'
when you come home
i know as well as they do that you're doing well out there
but all these words and combination ones i don't want to hear
youll never know how hard it is to let your baby go
one thing i know, one thing i know
when you come home
[you will be loved]