E A E
The barroom crowd is thinning out it must be getting late
B7
But if I’m free tomorrow night I’ll meet you here by eight
E A E
It’s hard to kiss two lips goodbye that’s sweeter than the wine
A E B7 E
The hardest part of all is going home to do my time
A E
From the minute I walk through the door I know how it will be
A E B7
I’ll sit across the room and wish she’d stop starring at me
E A E
We both tried but it’s no good our love’s dead on the vine
A E B7 E
Yet I must pay for loving you by going home to do my time
A E
I’ve never found the happiness at home I find with you
B7
And if she were all that’s holding me I’d make my dreams come true
E A E
But you know how much I love those little kids of mine
A E B7 E
They’re all I’ve got to keep me going home to do my time
A E
From the minute I walk through the door I know how it will be
A E B7
I’ll sit across the room and wish she’d stop starring at me
E A E
We both tried but it’s no good our love’s dead on the vine
A E B7 E
Yet I must pay for loving you by going home to do my time