I was green in my younger days   Full of plans but not much knowin'   Tried my hand at the game of love   But I was so naive   From the shelter of mama's wings   Learned to fly but I was broken   By a woman of 25   When I was just 19      Didn't know where to find myself   The rules they were not so simple   Makes no sense tryin' to face this world   'Til you're old enough to fight      Lover, you're the reason I'll be home tonight   Lover, never thought that I would see the light      I was hungry in '81   For a time I thought I'd found her   Found myself on the road again   Freezin' from the cold   Fortune found me in '82   With a girl from way down under   She seemed like the natural thing   I thought I knew for sure      Tried to hold her, I could not see   Past her eyes was a spell unbroken   Battered visions and frozen dreams   That would never see the light      Lover, you're the reason I'll be home tonight   Lover, someone told me it comes once in a lifetime   Lover, never thought that I would see the light   Lover, you're the reason I'll be home tonight      It's a long road to salvation   People say nothin' lasts forever   But when it comes to the bottom line   When I make it I'll see you there, see you there      Now we're lookin' on better times   It seems like a miracle   But I'll never forget those days   I'm ready now to fight, for you my      Lover, you're the reason I'll be home tonight   Lover, someone told me it comes once in a lifetime   Lover, never thought that I would see the light   Lover, you're the reason I'll be home tonight