[Verse 1]
All my hopes and dreams are forgotten now
All the apples in my barrel are rotten now (Gotta keep on pushin')
Standing on a mountain of misery
Now loneliness is my only company, oh, oh

[Chorus]
When are you gonna come home, Cindy? Oh girl
When will you be homeward bound?
I'm in need of you and the love we knew, Cindy

[Verse 2]
I thought we were birds of a feather now
And we would always be together now
And wherever I would go you would follow me (In my footsteps, baby)
A life of love with you was my destiny, oh, oh

[Chorus]
When you gonna come home, Cindy? Girl, I wanna know
When will you be homeward bound?
There's an empty space
Since you left this place, Cindy

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Come back, Cindy, come back
Cindy, you have made a big mistake
Come back, Cindy, come back
But mistakes were made to sometimes break
Come back, Cindy, come back
Cindy, love is made of give and take
Come back, Cindy, come back
Let a move be made for love's sake
Come on home, girl, can't you see
I was made for you, you were made for me
[Verse 3]
People tell me I'm not the same now
I only half respond to my name now
But no one knows it better than me myself
Without your love I never can be myself, ooh, hoo

[Chorus]
When you gonna come home, Cindy? I wanna know
When will you be homeward bound?
'Cause without you here, I'm lost out here, Cindy

[Outro]
(When you gonna come home, Cindy?) Girl, I wanna know
(When will you be homeward bound?)
Oh, without you here
Oh, woman, I'm lost out here, Cindy
Hey, hey, hey, when you gonna come home, Cindy
I wonder, when will you be homeward bound, girl? I wanna know
When you gonna come home, Cindy
I wanna know, when will you be homeward bound?
Oh, baby, now, when you gonna come home, Cindy?
Ooh, I wanna know, when will you be homeward bound?
(I wanna know) Ooh (When you gonna come home?)