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When Are You Coming Back
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(Words and Music by: Wayne Kirkpatrick)
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There's a single mother working
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Trying hard to make ends meet
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She's got two boys and another on the way
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And it's a cold and crowded winter
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In a West Virginia shack
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And she cries
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Lord, Lord, when are you coming back
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Old man down by the river
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With a bottle in his hand
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It's as empty as the pockets in his clothes
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And he's drifting off to somewhere
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Walking down the railroad track
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Singin' Lord, Lord, when are you coming back
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CHORUS
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Is it gonna be Monday
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Is it gonna be Tuesday, Lord
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Is it gonna be mornin', nighttime or noon
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I know it's gonna be one day
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Sooner or later, yea
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But the way it's been lately
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I hope it's gonna be soon
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It's getting loose around the edges
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But I know you're gonna take up the slack
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Lord, Lord, when are you coming back
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(Chorus)
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I've been reading the local paper
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I've been watching the nightly news
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Yea, this ole world's just rippin' at the seams
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And with a past, dark and brooding
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And a future looking black
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It's got me thinkin'
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Lord, Lord when are you coming back
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Lord, Lord when are you coming back
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Lord, Lord when are you coming back
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(Chorus)
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When Are You Coming Back
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| Susan Ashton |
