Somebody's Boy

Out in the cold world and far away from home
Somebody's boy is wandering alone
No one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
Somebody's boy is homeless tonight

Out in the hallway there stands a vacant chair
Yonder the shoes that he once used to wear
Empty the cradle, that he once loved so well
Oh, how I miss him, there's no one can tell

Bring back to me, my wandering boy
There is no other that’s left to give me joy
Tell him his mother, with faded cheeks and hair
At the old home is waiting him there

Can I forget him, or cease to hold him dear
He is my boy, as when he once was here
Although he wanders in darkness and in sin
Bring him to me, I’ll welcome him in

Well I remember the parting words he said
We will meet where no farewell tears are shed
There’ll be no goodbyes in that bright land so fair
When, done with life, I'll meet you up there

Bring back to me, my wandering boy
There is no other that’s left to give me joy
Tell him his mother, with faded cheeks and hair
At the old home is waiting him there

Tell him his mother, with faded cheeks and hair
At the old home is waiting him there