Featuring: Faith Hill
Songwriter: Tommy Harden Don Rollins Lorrie Harden
Producer: Reba McEntire Tony Brown
I knew who he was
When I took his name
But some how no one
Is just not the same at night
He knows the danger
But he does what he does
He calls it duty but I call it love
So here I am while he's gone
To some foreign land
And I cry because I'm alone
And the nights get so cold and long
And I try not to think he won't come home
But I'm sleeping with the telephone
The yellow ribbon on my neighbor's gate
Always reminds me that someone's awake
Just like me
I hear the sirens and I watch the news
He laughs and leaves with his gun
And his blue uniform
And I pray God keeps him safe from harm
And I cry because I'm alone
And the nights get so cold and long
And I try not to think he won't come home
But I'm sleeping with the telephone
I loose him in my darkest dreams
And my blood runs cold and my heart skips a beat
So I get up, I can't take anymore
Sometimes I hate how much I love him
But everyday, I love him more
And I try not to think he won't come home
But I'm sleeping with the telephone
Something wakes me from where he should be
I reach for him, the telephone rings
When I took his name
But some how no one
Is just not the same at night
He knows the danger
But he does what he does
He calls it duty but I call it love
So here I am while he's gone
To some foreign land
And I cry because I'm alone
And the nights get so cold and long
And I try not to think he won't come home
But I'm sleeping with the telephone
The yellow ribbon on my neighbor's gate
Always reminds me that someone's awake
Just like me
I hear the sirens and I watch the news
He laughs and leaves with his gun
And his blue uniform
And I pray God keeps him safe from harm
And I cry because I'm alone
And the nights get so cold and long
And I try not to think he won't come home
But I'm sleeping with the telephone
I loose him in my darkest dreams
And my blood runs cold and my heart skips a beat
So I get up, I can't take anymore
Sometimes I hate how much I love him
But everyday, I love him more
And I try not to think he won't come home
But I'm sleeping with the telephone
Something wakes me from where he should be
I reach for him, the telephone rings
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Reba: Duets (2007)
Reba McEntire popular songs
- Sweet Music Man
- Love Somebody
- The Heart Won’t Lie
- Starting Over Again
- Back Before The War
- If I Fell
- When You Love Someone Like That
- Because of You
- Every Other Weekend
- Sleeping With The Telephone
- The Only Promise That Remains
- Mary Did You Know? (Group)
- Silent Night (Group)
- Softly and Tenderly
- Back to God (Duet)
- Back to God (Acoustic Version)