Came home late last evening Feeling mellow as can be Lord I cannot believe it What my man said to me (What'd he say girl?) Said he wasn't seeing enough of me Keep your home fires burning He said baby I can't take it You stay gone way too long You've become a total stranger To what's supposed to be your home He said I'm getting tired of being left alone Said you gotta keep your home fires burning baby Keep it burning baby Don't let the flame get too low (Keep it burning, burning) If you don't start taking care of business You won't be sleeping here no more
Now that's when I realized that the boy had gone crazy And I had upset him a little more than I thought I had Cause evidently he had forgotten Its my house So being the kind generous person that I am I did give him one more chance But to keep him on the right track I told him If you finally learned your lesson No deposit no return You can't treat me like a possession Without the fuel the fire won't burn Without the fuel the fire won't burn
Said you gotta Keep your home fires burning baby Keep it burning baby Don't let the flames get too low If you don't start taking care of business You're gonna be walking out my door Oh yeah Keep your home fires burning, burning Keep your home fires burning, burning