he sits alone
staring at his beer
for five long years
he has spend his evenings here
he's not here for the music
doesn't need no company
he don't wanna conversation
so they let him be

everybody knows him
but no one seems to care
he's just an old man
why should they interfere

there's just that lie
just that lie
just that lie
that keeps driving through his mind

don't come home
don't come home before midnight
don't come home
cause I won't be there alone - no

he can't breathe
and he never learned to ride - oh no
to give her what she wanted
he worked day and night
he's too burnt out
can't keep her satisfied
she send him out the door
he can't come home before midnight

everybody knows him
but no one seems to care
he's just an old man
why should they interfere

there's just that lie
just that lie
just that lie
that keeps driving through his mind

don't come home
don't come home before midnight
don't come home
don't come home before midnight - no
don't come home
don't come home before midnight  - no
don't come home
don't come home before midnight - yeah
don't come
don't come
don't come home - no
don't come
don't come
don't come home before midnight yeah


(c) tekst en muziek: Paul Mertens