Hurry home baby....the house is falling down   just like the ones on the other side of town   hurry home baby...gotta come up with a plan   burn what we don't need and save what we can      Storm clouds they gathered..but who's got the time   when you're getting yours and I'm getting mine   young soldiers left and never came back   now it's happening on this side of the track      So hurry home baby...don't stop along the way   they'll try to get you saying what you don't want to say   what's left of our religion will sweep us to the stars   if the Lord takes the house he's sure to leave the car      They say love finds a way...but when directions aren't clear   back alleys keep moving street signs disappear   is love gonna be sold for a spit and a song   thrown across a path where it does not belong      Hurry home baby....I can't hold 'em anymore   they're coming in the through the windows and in through the doors   self righteous indignation no longer does the trick   we're gonna lose it all...brick by brick      If this is how the other half lives   here's hoping I'm blessed for the money I give   can't buy our way to heaven...but it should help hitch a ride   so hurry home baby....while I hold back the tide