my daddy told me always be strong son don t you ever cry you find the pretty girls and then you love them then you say goodbye i never dreamed that you would leave me but now you re gone i never dreamed that i would miss you woman won t you come back home i never dreamed that you could hurt me and leave me blue i ve had a thousand maybe more never one like you i never dreamed i could feel so empty but now i m down i never dreamed that i would beg you woman i need you now it seems to me i took your love for granted it feels to me that this time i was wrong so wrong oh lord how i feel so lonely i say woman won t you come back home i tried to do what my daddy taught me but i think he knew someday that i would find one woman like you i never dreamed it could feel so good lord that two could be one i never knew about sweet love so woman won t you come back home oh baby won t you come back home 