The Party

As we were dressing to go out

Our little girl and boy came in

And asked if they could go this time

We told them, little girls and boys don't belong at parties

And that they should be in bed asleep by nine

The babysitter came in

Then and we kissed the kids goodbye

And told them that we'd be home soon

And told them not to cry

Then we left for the party, like we'd so often done

Thinkin' only of ourselves,and not our little ones

The party started out wild

And it grew wilder, as the night wore on

With drinking, laughing, telling dirty jokes

Nobody thinkin' of home

Then the strangest feeling came over me

And it chilled me to the bones

And I told my wife that we'd better leave the party

Cause I felt that we were needed at home

As we rode along, I got to thinking

Of how the kids that mornin' had asked

If we would take them to church the next day

And how I'd put 'em off, like I'd so often done

By sayin', we'd probably get home too late

Then, my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of sirens

As they cut through the still night air

Then we turned down our street

That's when we saw the fire

The rest was like a nightmare

We took their little bodies to church the next day

Though we'd left the party early

We still got home too late