MY ARMS STAY OPEN LATE 
(Curly Putman / Dan Lomax)

Tammy Wynette - 1969
Billie Jo Spears - 1969
Bonnie Guitar - 1969
Melba Montgomery - 1969
Jean Shepard - 1969


 

The baby cries, I could almost die from lonesome
The late show's gone and the coffee's on, I think I'll read some
Somewhere out there my love you share
And your thoughts are far from home
But when the lights on Broadway go off
And every honky tonk is closed up
My arms stay open late so you'll come home

(Intrumental Break)

What you do is wrong, but my love stays strong for you
I don't think I'll change a thing at all, I might lose you
Though it's almost dawn and you're still not home
I'll wait here patiently
The lights to my love never go off
And the door to my heart don't close up
My arms stay open late so you'll come home
My arms stay open late so you'll come home



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2011)