Lyrics

THE LAST TIME HE SAW HIS FATHER, THERE WAS ANGER IN THEIR EYES
AND HE SAID SOME THINGS HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE SAID
FOR YEARS HE'S TOLD HIMSELF HE'D GO BACK AND SET THINGS RIGHT
AND TONIGHT HE'S FINALLY GOING HOME AGAIN

AS HE REACHES IN HIS POCKET FOR THE FOLDED TELEGRAM
HE TREMBLES LIKE A LEAF BEFORE THE STORM
HE STOPS TO BOW HIS HEAD AND BEG FORGIVENESS OF THAT MAN
HE KNOWS HE WON'T BE SEEING ANYMORE

NOW THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS FALLING IN THAT DARK DECEMBER RAIN
AND THERE'S A BURNING IN HIS HEART HE CAN'T EXPLAIN

HERE'S THAT COLD DAY IN HELL AND HE'S GOING HOME
THE WORDS HE ONCE SAID LIE SO BITTER ON HIS TONGUE
HE ALWAYS MEANT TO SAY "I'M SORRY"
NOW THERE'S NO ONE LEFT TO TELL
HERE'S THAT COLD DAY IN HELL

HE PAUSES IN THE DRIVE AS THE RAIN BEGINS TO POUR
AND TWENTY YEARS OF TEARS COME AT LAST
THOUGH HE TRIES HE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THOSE ANGRY WORDS WERE FOR
WHEN HE SEES THAT LIMOUSINE PARKED OUT BACK

THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS FALLING IN THAT DARK DECEMBER RAIN
AND THE BURNING IN HIS HEART WON'T GO AWAY

HERE'S THAT COLD DAY IN HELL AND HE'S GOING HOME
THE WORDS HE ONCE SAID LIE SO BITTER ON HIS TONGUE
HE ALWAYS MEANT TO SAY "I LOVE YOU"
AND TO WISH HIS FATHER WELL

HERE'S THAT COLD DAY IN HELL
WHEN HE SAID THAT HE'D GO HOME