(Harlan Howard)

They turned out the lights
Friends have said there goodnight
Now there's no place to go but home.

I've had a beautiful evening
For awhile I forgot you were gone
Now you're back on my mind, how I hate closing time
For there's no place to go but home.

No place to go but home
And nobody home when I get there
They turned out the lights
Friends have said their goodnight
Now there's no place to go but home.

--- Instrumental ---

I drive through this ghost of the city
And I've never felt so alone
It's the world's time to sleep and my time to weep
For there's no place to go but home.

For there's no place to go but home...