I'm walkin' home tonight   The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight   I look around, there's not a soul in sight   and I'm walkin' home   Once again I hear my mother's voice   and all us kids making a bunch of noise   If I'm not careful I might start to cry   Just walkin' home tonight      I turn my head and hear the screen door slam   and there he is, that tall and dark-haired man   He looks my way but all alone he stands   and I am walkin' home   He's my Dad, you know I was his girl   He taught me all he knew about this world   and then he traveled right on out of sight   and I'm just walkin' home tonight      I'm walkin' home tonight   The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight   I look around, there's not a soul in sight   and I am walkin' home      Old worn-out couches and a bunch of kids   Four to a bedroom and all Mom's plates were chipped   but I never knew about the things I missed   and I'm walkin' home   You see, it's just the place where I come from   and, good or bad, it's where the deal was done   Mom and Dad, their daughters and their sons   and I'm just walkin' home tonight      I'm walkin' home tonight   The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight   I look around, there's not a soul in sight   and I'm walkin' home   Once again I hear my mother's voice   and all us kids making a bunch of noise   If I'm not careful I might start to cry   Just walkin' home tonight