old & in the way
love please come home
As you read this letter that I write to you Sweetheart I hope you'll understand That you're the only love I knew (note 1) Please forgive me if you can  Chorus Sweetheart I beg you to come home tonight I'm so blue and all alone I promise that I'll treat you right Love, oh love, oh please come home  That old wind is cold and slowly creeping round And the fire is burning low The snow has covered up the ground Our baby's hungry, sick and cold (note 2)  [chorus]  As you read this letter that I write to you (note 3) Sweetheart I hope you'll understand That you're the only love I knew Please forgive me if you can  [chorus] [chorus] Love, oh love, oh please come home Love, oh love, oh please come home  Notes 