Sleeping With The Telephone lyrics

Faith Hill & Reba McEntire

I knew who he was when I took his name
But somehow knowing is just not the same late at night
He knows the danger but he does what he does
He calls it duty but I call it love, so here I am
While he s gone to some foreign land

And I cry cause I m all alone
And the nights get so cold and long
And I try not to think he won t come home
But I m sleeping with the telephone

The yellow ribbon on my neighbour s gate
always reminds me that someone s awake just like me
I hear the sirens and i watch the news
He laughs and leaves with his gun and his blue uniform
And I pray god keeps him safe from harm

And I cry cause I m all alone
And the nights get so cold and long
And I try not to think he won t come home
But I m sleeping with the telephone

I lose him in my darkest dreams
And my blood runs cold and my heart skips a beat
So I get up, I can t take any more
Sometimes I hate how much I love him
But every day I love him more

And I try not to think he won t come home
But I m sleeping with the telephone

Something awakes me from where he should be
I reach for him, the telephone rings