Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me Why does my daddy cry when I ask where can you be Why don't you come home then we won't be alone Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me Each night he's so lonesome cause he don't understand That you'd rather be dancing to a honky tonk band I don't know what to tell him when he climbs upon my knee And ask why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me Why does my daddy cry when I ask where can you be Why don't you come home then we won't be alone Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me