when night is creepin and i should be sleepin in bed if you were peepin when night is creepin and i should be sleepin in bed if you were peepin you d find that i m weepin instead my lovin daddy left his baby again said he d come back but he forgot to say when night after night i m cryin daddy won t you please come home daddy won t you please come home i m so lonesome no one can fill that vacant chair home isn t home when you re not there no need to knock the door is open for you please daddy even the clock keeps tickin daddy won t you please come home daddy do you have to roam so very long there s lots of other new sheiks who would like to be sheikin haven t slipped yet but i m liable to weaken daddy daddy won t you please come home please daddy even the clock keeps tickin daddy won t you please come home daddy do you have to roam so very long there s lots of other new sheiks who would like to be sheikin haven t slipped yet but i m liable to weaken daddy daddy won t you please come home that s all