I don't have much to say 
Thought I'd call you up anyway 
Just to try to show you the way 
That I feel today 
I miss you, baby 

I sure am on the road 
I don't need to say much more 
Just the same old well - known stranger 
That I was before 
It seems like yesterday now 

Daddy's all gone 
Only half way home 
He's holding on to the telephone 
Saying please don't let the show go on 

There's a bus every other hour 
There's even the midnight train 
But that don't leave me the power 
To see your face again 
It's not that simple 

You see there's a room full 
of smiling faces 
There's a man standing by the door 
Say it's time to change our places 
And get down on the floor 
Kill 'em, baby 

Daddy's all gone 
He's just half way home 
He's holding on to the microphone 
Singing please don't make the show go on