All the anger fades away
When my baby calls my name
Darkness from the breaking day
When my baby calls my name

Fortunes rise and fortunes fall
Every gambler loves the game
I turn my back on them all
When my baby calls my name

When the flood is rising
And the bills come, thick as rain
Step inside, out of the cold
When my baby calls my name

And all the pretty horses
Take their turn around the pen
and the old brass shines
All the fallen riders
Hope to climb back on again
‘Cause they might hang on this time.

In the dance halls and the bars
Or in the pearly morning light
Some make love and some make war
kiss their little dreams goodnight

Passions rise and passions fall
And nobody’s to blame
But I don’t miss those days at all
When my baby calls my name
When my baby calls my name