Once again it's twelve o'clock and you're still gone
Darling are you ever coming home
I don't mind this waiting for you while you're gone
But darling are you ever coming home

The wind outside is cold as my poor heart inside
Darling are you ever coming home
I love you much too much to worry about my pride
Oh darling are you ever coming home

Just before I tucked them in the children questioned me
Why did daddy leave us all alone
But I've run out of answers you've been gone so long
Oh darling are you ever coming home

[ steel ]
Just before I tucked them in...