Come Back Charlie

Mmm, Charlie, This house don't feel alive Since you walked away from home. Charlie, I still hear your boots at midnight, But I wake up here alone. Your mother's picture by the window Still watches over me. Charlie, Every night I ask Jesus To bring you back to me. The Bible says a father waits For sons who lose their way. Charlie, I still leave the porch light on Hoping you might stay. Come back, Charlie. Before these old hands turn to dust. Charlie, there's too many words between us, And not enough time for us. I still pray about you Every night before I sleep. Charlie, I ask God to hold you closer Than these tired arms can reach. And if this world has made you broken, If your heart's too tired to fight, Come back, Charlie. Your father's still waiting with the Light. After your mother went to heaven, I became a different man. Charlie, I tried to drown my pain in whiskey Instead of God's hands. Maybe I pushed you farther from me. Maybe grief made my soul cold. Charlie, But there's no road too far for mercy And no son too lost for home. Charlie, I'm not angry anymore. I just miss my son More than words before the Lord. Come back, Charlie. Before all we have left are photographs. Charlie, Before the only voice you hear from me Belongs to the past. If you walk through that doorway, I won't ask where you've been. Charlie, I'll thank God for one more moment To hold my Son again. The porch light's on, Charlie, Just in case you come home.