Your Name's Become a Household Word

(Neal Merritt)



I just turned out the light upstairs

The kids are fast asleep

I listened while they said their prayers

For the Lord their souls to keep.



And I didn't hear them say your name

For the first time since you've gone

Your name's become a houselhold word

In every house but home.



For gossip doesn't care to hear

That you found somebody new

That little pictures have big ears

They heard the stories too.



But if you should come back home tonight

We'd forget the shame we've known

Then your name would be a houselhold word

And this house would be a home.



Yes, your name would be a houselhold word

And this house would be a home...