Eddie Rabbitt

Songwriter: Reed Nielsen

Producer: Richard Landis

It's too hot to walk to the mailbox
But I go to check it anyway
There's a letter from home from my brother Joe
I wonder what he's got to say

He says Daddy's fine
But I'm afraid he thinks he's Napoleon again
But we're not worried here
'Cause he says victory is close at hand
And mamma is glad
He's such a confident man

You really oughta think about coming home
And they will be fine, just leave 'em a note
We got your candle burning and we sent you a plane
If I were you I wouldn't hesitate
You oughta think about coming home

I asked Eileen to marry me
And somehow she said yes
But this came as no surprise
To anyone I guess

You know the job is fine
And the '59, she's running like a top
Remember we could always make it go
But we could never make it stop
We learned to be thankful
For what we've got

You really oughta think about coming home
And they will be fine, just leave 'em a note
We got your candle burning and we sent you a plane
If I were you I wouldn't hesitate
You oughta think about coming home

Whoa, you really oughta think about it
You really oughta think about it
You really oughta think about coming home
You oughta think about coming home

We all love you here you know
And we understood when you had to away
Can't be no music man in this little town anyway
But years got a way of slipping by
And I can count them in Daddy's eyes
You gotta find some time one of these days
Oh, one of these days

You really oughta think about coming home
And they will be fine, just leave 'em a note
We got your candle burning and we sent you a plane
If I were you I wouldn't hesitate
You oughta think about coming home

You really oughta think about coming home
And they will be fine, just leave 'em a note
We got your candle burning and we sent you a plane
If I were you I wouldn't hesitate
You oughta think about coming home

Whoa, you really oughta think about coming home
And they will be fine, just leave 'em a note
We got your candle burning and we sent you a plane
If I were you I wouldn't hesitate
You oughta think about coming home

Edward Thomas Rabbitt was born November 27, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York to Irish immigrant parents. He was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. On his 35th birthday, he married Janine Girardi. They had three children. One daughter, Demelza, and two sons, Timmy & Tommy. Timmy was born with biliary atresia and died in childhood after a failed liver transplant intended to save his life. In March 1997, Eddie learned that he had lung cancer. He passed away on May 7, 1998. Rabbitt received several awards over the years. The Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Male Vocalist in 1977. Music City News Country Songwriter of the Year and BMI’s Robert J. Burton Award for “Suspicions” in 1979. 1980 brought BMI’s Song of the Year for “Suspicions.” In 1996 he pulled in BMI’s Three Million-Air Award and Two Million-Air Awards for “I Love a Rainy Night” and “Kentucky Rain”, respectively. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame the year of his death, 1998. Eddie’s final #1 hit came in 1989 with “On Second Thought”.

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