Riding in the backseat, sipping on a pepsi

Looking out the window, driving to the bus stop together

I tell her only three sleeps and I'll be right back

And then we're gonna have a good time when I come together

And I call her every single night

I'll miss her every day

And if she kissed me and waved goodbye

I could hear her say

Stay at home, mother

Stay at home

Stay at home, mother

Stay at home

I've been working late nights making up for the times

That I wasn't in the crowd cheering out loud at our school plays

Tickets to a circus, maybe a new bike

I just want her to know that I love her more than working all day

But the price will never measure up

To what's inside a box

While I run along around the world

She tells me to stop

And stay at home, mother

Stay at home

Stay at home, mother

Stay at home

We could play house and pretend

That tomorrow you won't be gone

Stay at home, mother

Stay at home

I wish some things were different

Doesn't change one memory

My little girl grew up

While I was too busy to see

That she's become the one thing

That I could never be

Stay at home, mother

Stay at home

Stay at home, mother

Stay at home

She could have a house and couple kids

And never have to be involved

As a stay at home mother

Stay at home mother

Stay at home...