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
k** '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