Comin' Home Baby (Dorough)

'Comin' Home Baby' is an instrumental jazzz piece written by bassist Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet on October 6, 1961 for release on Epic Records.

Lyrics were added slightly later by Bob DOROUGH:

I'm comin' home, baby now, I'm comin' home now, right away
I'm comin' home, baby now, I'm sorry now I ever went away
Every night and day, I'm gone stay

(Come on home) I'm comin' home, baby now,
(You know I'm waitin' here for you)
I'm comin' home now, real soon
(You've been gone) Comin' home, baby now,
(You don't know what I'm goin' through)
I'm comin' home, I know I'm overdue
(Since you went away)
S'pect me any day, now real soon

(Come on home) Comin' home, baby now,
(You know I'm prayin' every night)
And everything is gonna be fine
(So come on) Comin' home, baby now
(I want to feel you hold me tight)
S'pect to see me now, anytime
(When I'm in your arms)
When you're in my arms, I'll be fine

(Come on home) I'm comin' home, baby now
(You know I'm counting everyday)
I'm comin' home now, yeah-yeah-yeah!
(Use the phone) I'm comin' home, baby now
(And baby let me hear you say)
I'm comin' home, you're hearin' what I say
(That you're comin' home)
And I never will go away

(Come on home) I'm comin' home, baby now
(You know I'm waitin' at the door)
They can't hold me back now, no-oh-oh more
(I'm alone) I'm pressin' on, baby now
(And pacing up and down the floor)
Oh hear me holler and hear me roar
(Say you'll be with me ever more)
Gonna be with you ever more

(Come on home) I'm comin' home, baby now
(Oh baby, say you're comin' home)
That's what I say, I say I'm comin' home
(Something's wrong) The road is long, baby now
(You ought to either write or phone)
I'm comin' home and never more to roam
(Baby, tell me you're) Baby, I'm for sure comin' home


Recordings exist by Mel Tormé (1962), Frances Faye, Downliners Sect, The Peddlers, Peters & Lee, The Delmonas, Michael Bublé w/ Boyz II Men, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Jackie Ryan, Lori Carsillo, Harrison Craig, etc.