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 If you come home We will have a pilot write your name in the sky And the birds will think you’re quite a legend If you come home Would it kill you to visit every once in a while? If you did i’d make the bed up just how you like it Christmas cards, impromptu phone calls won’t get me through the year I want you here, i want you here If you come home We will post an ad in the newspaper that’ll say For 30 cents a word “we hope you stay” "we hope you stay." I’ll cook a big meal with a turkey and a coconut crème pie I'll use the good plates and the good cups, it’s been a while Since we had company of any kind i’ve been meaning to I need you, i need you When you come home, when you come home I know as well as they do that you’re doing well out there But all these words in combination are ones that i don’t want to hear You’ll never know how hard it is to let your baby go One thing i know, one thing i know When you come home, when you come home When you come home you will be loved