once a lost soul i wanted to stay want to stay in my home i cried all day momma wouldn't go to work to receive the pay but it's alright she told me you are the only reason to live and work on a saturday night when i could be dreamin' she said she might as well be awake while she is sleeping once a lost soul waitin' on the dial tone operator couldn't console she wasn't comin' home her place was unknown had to go on alone but it's alright she told me you are the only reason my fingers are sore my eyes are tight but i'm still believin' i work every day just to see your smile and face in the evening and when she came home i'd be so happy i wasn't bein' alone listenin' to the radiator screechin' counting to ten hoping she'd walk through the door breathin' and when she came home i'd be so happy i wasn't bein' alone listenin' to the radiator screechin' counting to ten hoping she'd walk through the door breathin'