oh mattie open up the door that s right i m home again you ve got a big surprise in store turn round and count to ten wait til you see what i got you well you ll say it s a magic thing it s like an old mandolin man you just wind him up and he ll start to sing i ve been away for quite a while and i want to hear all your news speak to me let me see you smile cause i ve had those homesick blues when i go down to that city i just don t know wrong from right when i go back to you mattie well you make me see the light love is a singular thing it can take you up or bring you down yes love is a song that i sing so come on now mattie listen to the sound when you grow up we ll sit and talk of how things used to be i ll be a grand old man of rock with all these memories