Crack of dawn I hit the road

Set my shoulders for the heavy load

Coffee leaking through the paper sack

The foreman says, "I'm late again"

He can't stand it when I only grin

He's got me eight hours,

she's got me after that

I can't wait 'til it's quittin' time

She got something cookin' for me tonight

She keeps the home fires burning

While I'm out earning

a living in a world

That's known for its pouring rain

She keeps the home fires burning

Ooh, and it's her warm loving

That keeps me returning again and again

Out of gas, just my luck

Four bald tires on my pickup truck

No more credit on my credit card

When I come home and hit that door

I remember what these

aching arms are for

She's my one light

when the world goes dark

Tomorrow it's the same old grind

But she'll be burning in my mind

She keeps the home fires burning

While I'm out earning

a living in a world

That's known for its pouring rain

She keeps the home fires burning

Ooh, and it's her warm loving

That keeps me returning again

She keeps the home fires burning

Ooh, and it's her warm loving

That keeps me returning again

(Home fires burning)

While I'm out earning

a living in a world

That's known for its pouring rain

She keeps the home fires burning

Ooh, and it's her warm loving

That keeps me returning again

(She keeps the home fires burning)

While I'm out earning

a living in a world

That's known for its pouring rain

She keeps the home fires burning