Lyrics

[Spoken Intro — Warm Baritone Speaking-Singing]
Baby… I know the world got your name in bright places.
I know strangers reach for pieces of you I used to hold with both hands.
But when the cheering fades, and that smile gets tired…
remember the man who knew your silence before anybody knew your song.
[Verse 1 — Lead Baritone]
I saw your face on a poster downtown
Smiling like your heart had never been hurt
Everybody calling you wonderful
But I know what that smile is worth
You used to sing beside my shoulder
Soft enough to stop my breath
Now every note you give the world
Leaves this man here missing what’s left
[Background — Airy Harmonies]
Ooh, come back, baby
Ooh, come back home
[Pre-Chorus — Smooth Romantic Rise]
I ain’t jealous of your spotlight
I just miss your hand in mine
Fame can call you every evening
But it can’t love you right
[Chorus — Lead with Lush Group Harmony]
Bring it on home
Bring your tired heart back to me
Bring the woman underneath that smile
The one my love still sees
Bring it on home
I’ve been waiting faithfully
When the world is through applauding
Bring your love back home to me
[Verse 2 — Intimate Speaking-Singing into Melody]
I remember Miss Elaine’s little diner
You laughing with sugar on your lip
Saying, “If I ever make it out there
Don’t let me forget this”
Well, baby, you made it higher
Than your old street ever dreamed
But I wonder who holds your spirit
When those hotel walls don’t speak
[Background Response]
Who holds you?
Who knows you?
Who loves you when you’re weak?
[Pre-Chorus — Gentle Falsetto Touch]
I don’t want to own your wings
I just want a place inside your rest
Come lay down all that pretending
Let me love what fame can’t dress
[Chorus — Wider, Dreamy Harmonies]
Bring it on home
Bring your tired heart back to me
Bring the woman underneath that smile
The one my love still sees
Bring it on home
I’ve been waiting faithfully
When the world is through applauding
Bring your love back home to me
[Bridge — Spoken-Soul Plea, Then Sung]
Listen…
I know they send roses to your room.
I know they call your name like they own it.
But they don’t know how you close your eyes when you’re afraid.
They don’t know your favorite prayer.
They don’t know the way you squeeze my fingers when words get too heavy.
[Sung — Lead Baritone]
So if you ever get lonely
Behind all that velvet and gold
Call the man who loved you early
Before the whole wide world was sold
[Final Chorus — Lead, Falsetto Layers, Group Oohs]
Bring it on home
Don’t let your sweet heart disappear
I kept a place inside my loving
Only you can enter here
Bring it on home
Let me kiss away the miles
Let me hear that private laughter
I ain’t heard in such a while
[Outro — Velvet Harmonies and Ad-Libs]
Bring it home, baby
Mmm, bring it home to me
Not the star, not the name
Just the woman I still need
[Background]
Ooh, bring it home
Ooh, bring it home
[Lead — Soft Falsetto Ending]
When the last song leaves your lips
And the crowd lets you be
Bring that love, bring that heart
Bring it on home to me