Lyrics

[Verse 1 — Restrained, Smoky Baritone-Tenor]
I’ve been sleeping with your picture
Since that Greyhound carried me away
Counting motel ceilings backward
Working twelve-hour days
Now I’m standing in your doorway
With road dust across my shoes
And one night wrapped inside your arms
Won’t replace these weeks without you
Take that morning dress off the hanger
Call your supervisor tonight
Tell the whole world you’re unavailable
Your man has come to make things right
[Chorus — Passionate Chest-Voice Rise]
Don’t send me home tomorrow
One evening won’t repair this need
I want your Sunday with my Monday
Your Tuesday lying next to me
Keep the curtains closed till Thursday
Let Friday find us satisfied
Don’t send me home tomorrow
I’ve been missing you too long for one night
[Verse 2 — Intimate, Behind-the-Beat Storytelling]
I miss your bare feet in the kitchen
Your cool hand underneath my shirt
The way you listen without judging
When this hard world leaves me hurt
I miss reaching through the darkness
Finding warmth instead of sheets
Miss the private little language
Only your body speaks to me
Let me kiss away the distance
Put my patience on your skin
I don’t want some hurried loving
With a goodbye waiting at the end
[Chorus — Rougher with Layered Harmonies]
Don’t send me home tomorrow
One evening won’t repair this need
I want your Sunday with my Monday
Your Tuesday lying next to me
Keep the curtains closed till Thursday
Let Friday find us satisfied
Don’t send me home tomorrow
I’ve been missing you too long for one night
[Bridge — Gospel-Rooted Cry]
I paid every lonely mile
To stand right here before you
Don’t give me twelve short hours
When my whole heart came to hold you
Let the telephone keep ringing
Let those neighbors wonder why
I want breakfast after loving
Then more loving after five
[Background Harmonies]
Stay with her
Hold her close
Give that man what he needs most
[Male Lead — Rising Belt]
I’m not asking for forever
Though forever sounds just right
I’m asking you to clear this week
And give your man back every night
[Final Chorus — Full Vocal Power]
Don’t send me home tomorrow
Let the morning pass us by
I want your laughter across my pillow
Your sleepy truth against my side
Keep me wrapped inside your loving
Till this hungry heart feels right
Don’t send me home tomorrow
I need more than one night
[Outro — Smoky Ad-Libs]
Leave my suitcase by the doorway
I won’t need those clothes awhile
I came here tired from missing you
I’m leaving rested by your smile
Not tomorrow, woman
Not after one night
Keep your man beside you
Till you love him back to life