I knew that when I saw her   that my life would soon move over from the fast lane   Gone would be the days of all my drinking and my carrying on,   but when I settled down,   the party king uncrowned   This stubborn memory hadn't faded   Too many dumb mistakes   and all the grief it makes   left nothing else to be debated      And if you say that you understand,    then you're lying,   but if you figure that I'm alright,    now I can't deny it      Baby's coming back   Baby's coming back   so I'm on my best behavior   I can't take it anymore   I just woke up on the floor today    I've long run out of my last chances,    but she's on her way      If I had a dollar for every single time I fought her,   I'd buy a handgun,   but that couldn't shoot away   the bull's eye that she made on my heart      And if I sound like a beaten man,   well then, I guess so,   but on her way is the sweetest prize,   I can't let go      Baby's coming back   Baby's coming back   so I'm on my best behavior   I can't take it anymore   I just woke up on the floor today   I've long run out of my last chances,   but she's on her way      What I told her on the telephone was that I'd been so bad   I wouldn't blame her if she mowed down these wild oats I'd sown,   but when she said she'd give me one more chance,   I said knock three times when you arrive      Baby's coming back   Baby's coming back   and I'm on my best behavior   I can't take it anymore   I just woke up on the floor today      Baby's coming back,    my darling   Baby's coming back   to see him   and I've long run out of my last chances,   but she's on her way