Tommy's Coming Home

[Verse 1]

She was counting out the window of the outbound train

All the poles of the telegraph

And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails

Couldn't make the sweeper laugh

[Chorus]

Down, down, down so deep

Down, down drowning in his sleep

Tommy's coming home again

[Verse 2]

And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit

Pursued by a hungry fox

And a broker awoke her from a fitful slumber

Then consulted his shares and his stocks

[Chorus]

Down, down, down they go

Down, down how he'll never know

Tommy's coming home again

And it's almost April Fools' Day

[Verse 3]

As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil

He could see she was really upset

As she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box

As he offered her a cigarette

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]

Almost April Fools' Day

And the joke's on everyone

He had that premonition

Only dead men dwell upon

How could he know that only twelve months later

She would wear her skirt up over her knee

And in the very same carriage she'd be flattered with roses

And forget the tears of Picardy

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]

Almost April Fools' Day

And the joke's on everyone

He had that premonition

Only dead men dwell upon

[Outro]

Tommy's coming home again[x2]

Tommy's coming home