I remember how you loved this holy city in the spring, oh
Fresh flowers in market, children running in the street
But it's changed so much, don't think you would recognise a thing
Now it's just a red light district, an international disgrace
Come home, come home
You've been gone so long, come home
Come home, oh, come home
You've been gone so long, come home
Papers and petitions have been piling at the door, nailed to the door
Thieves break in at night, they say you won't be back no more, no
Your wife is so lethargic, so scattered, and so frail, oh
And the child who's never known you just stands at the wall and wails
Come home, come home
You've been gone so long, come home
Come home, oh, come home
You've been gone so long, come home
Yellow ribbons 'round the olive trees you planted in the park
Only the brave or foolish ever walk there after dark
All around the world a table's set and there's an empty place
Still we go through the motions, breaking bread and saying grace
But the one's you left to run your business run it right into the ground, oh
Each one, a law unto himself, leading followers around and around, and around
And in the babble of the streets, amid the jostling of the crowd, yeah
On every side, like helpless sheep, it makes me want to cry out loud
Come home, come home
Oh, you've been gone so long, come home
Come home, come home
You've been gone so long