Judy Collins - Home Before Dark [Intro] [Verse 1] I packed up my bags Put in my favourite Levi’s Laid my mandolin beside the door "Listen Mama [Chorus] I won’t be long__ don’t worry about me I’ll be home before dark I’ll be alright and you’ll be fine without me I’ll be home before dark" [Verse 2] Bought a ticket To New York City One way out and no return I watched the sun go down Across the plains from Denver Lord how the western sky can burn [Bridge] Met a boy in the darkness Handsome tall and heartless Loved him like an eagle loves the wind Till I heard him say [Chorus:] "I won’t be long__ don’t worry about me I’ll be home before dark I’ll be alright and you’ll be fine without me I’ll be home before dark" [Instrumental] (2x) [Verse 3] My daughter looks like him they say To me she looks like mama I see an eagle shadow in her eyes Last night on her birthday We blew the candles out together I wonder will she take me by surprise When she says "Mama [Chorus] I won’t be long__ don’t worry about me I’ll be home before dark I’ll be alright and you’ll be fine without me I’ll be home before dark I’ll be home before dark"