As I drive towards home I picture daddy waiting

He'll be glad to see his big time girl come home

He gets little in return for all he's given

And the more he's got to love since mamma's gone



Now I'm fourty miles away and I'm just wonderin'

Why I ever told him I was doin' well

When I first went wrong I should have turned to daddy

But it's hard to get back up once you are down



It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning

It's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring

It's the last time I'll feel daddy's arms around me

It's the last chance here on earth I'll have to sing



As I drive, the way behind me, daddy's waiting

To a girl who all he hoped I'd ever be

Now he'll say his final prayer and call me baby

And I'm glad his only seen one side of me



Now today makes thirteen years in federal prison

And tonight I'll walk my last few steps alone

But I can't help thinkin' somewhere daddy's waiting

Once again to see his big time girl come home



It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning

It's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring

It's the last time I'll feel daddy's arms around me

It's the last chance here on earth I'll have to sing

It's my last chance here on earth I'll have to sing