[Verse 1]
The neon lights are going out
The barmaid's half-asleep
Soon they'll have to close the door
And put me on the street
About half as tight as I need to be
To face this night alone
While others sleep in loving beds
And I'm just kicking stones

[Chorus]
'Cause there's nobody home to go home to
And I pray the Lord that somehow I'll get by
But there's nobody home to go home to
And tonight I'd like to lay me down and cry

[Verse 2]
I see it in my foggy mind
The shutters and the doors
Where flowers bloom and love once grew
A hundred years before
Where a girl I used to know
Made my life a song
Then the picture fades away
And all the world is wrong
[Chorus]
'Cause there's nobody home to go home to
And I pray the Lord that somehow I'll get by
But there's nobody home to go home to
And tonight I'd like to lay me down and cry

[Refrain]
Yes, tonight I'd like to lay me down and cry