Lyrics
Hear my voice, where you are, take a train, steal a car,
Hear my voice, wherever you are, whether by train or car, urging you to return.
Hop a freight, grab a star, come back to me.
Suggesting various ways to return, symbolized by hopping a freight or reaching for a star.
Catch a flame, catch a breeze, on your hand, on your knees,
Encouraging to ignite passion and catch favorable winds, perhaps pleading on hands and knees.
Swim up high, only please come on back to me.
Metaphorically swimming high, expressing a desire for the person to come back.
On a mule, in a jet, with your hair in a net,
Using playful images, like traveling on a mule or a jet, to emphasize the flexibility of the return.
In a shower wet, I don't care.
Indicating a lack of concern for the circumstances, even if in a wet shower, as long as they return.
This is where you should be, from the hills to the shore,
Stating the ideal place for the person to be, from hills to shore, expressing a deep longing.
By the wind to my door, raise the highway dust,
Symbolizing the journey, asking them to overcome obstacles (wind, dust) and reach the destination.
Break the law if you must, throw the world, only just
Suggesting breaking norms, laws, and defying the world if necessary to come back.
Come back to me.
Reiterating the central plea for the person to come back.
Blast your hide, you recall, must I fight City hall
Expressing frustration with obstacles, including the need to fight against authority (City Hall).
Here and now, damn it all, come on back to me,
Emphasizing the urgency and frustration, insisting on the person's return.
Where on earth must I be, still I yell till I'm blue,
Pondering the location of the person and expressing frustration despite being in control.
In control then when you come on back to me.
Highlighting a sense of power and control when the person eventually returns.
Have you gone to the moon, or the corner saloon
Poetically questioning if the person went to unusual places like the moon or a saloon.
And to crack and to croon, oh my girl, where in hell can you be?
Expressing confusion and frustration about the person's whereabouts.
In a crate, in a trunk, on a horse, on a junk,
Suggesting various modes of travel, emphasizing the longing for any means of return.
In a road or a van, wrapped in mink or saran,
Listing different possible situations or locations where the person might be.
Anyway that you can, came back to me,
Encouraging any possible way for the person to come back.
Come back to me, come back to me, come back,
Repeating the plea for the person to come back, emphasizing the urgency.
Come back to me, me!
Repeating the plea with added emphasis, closing the song with a desperate call.
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