Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry   She says, "I know my baby's out there   Just couldn't bear to ask her why   From my womb into the world   Lord, I wish the child would call   You know, I'm needing some company   She makes my life so full"      Take my advice, go ahead and live your own life   Everybody's waiting for someone to come home      Like the fire waits for the sand   This world is burning with the tension of human hands   Waiting to be cleansed, waiting for their ace of spades   They say, "I sure hope he's coming   'Cause I feel like I've just been saved"      Take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive   Everybody's waiting for someone to come home      Come to me and cleanse my soul   (I'm free, I'm free)   Only with you am I whole   (Can't you see that I am me?)   I'll be waiting by the window   (I'll be heading for the door)      I was driving down highway 85, yeah   Had to pull off the road just to hear my radio coming in clearer   Lord, this life's so full, I said, "Why do we ask for more?"   While we're waiting for the man to come   We forgot what he's coming for      Won't you take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive   Everybody's waiting for someone to come home      (I'll be waiting by the window)   Everybody's waiting for someone to come home   (I'll be waiting by the window)   Everybody's waiting for someone to come home   Come home