Then please don't go

I wish I could hold you back and keep you here

If it is not hunger that is forcing you off

Please don’t go…

I wish I could tell you to stay here and be mine

If it is not your mother you want to be home for,

Please don’t go…

I wish you could look at me right now and know what I’m feeling inside

If it is not your son who is calling you home,

Please don’t go…

I wish, I could ask the time to stop, if you have to go at five

If it isn’t the night you are afraid of,

Please don’t go.