Why don't you call your mother more than you do?<br />She lies awake at night and cries for you<br />Why don't you write a letter or maybe even better<br />Take the morning train and head for home again<br />Come back Billie Jo, your mama needs you<br />She's baked an apple pie the way she used to<br />Come back Billie Jo, she longs to see you<br />You could be here in no time if you choose to!<br />You always were an independent girl<br />But you have time enough to see the world<br />Oh, come back Billie Jo, your mama needs you<br />And everyone knows I need you too!<br />When you were just a child of twelve and a half<br />The games we used to play were just for a laugh<br />As we grew up together, I never dreamed you'd ever<br />Leave your family, your old time friends and me<br />Come back Billie Jo, your mama needs you<br />She's baked an apple pie the way she used to<br />Come back Billie Jo, she longs to see you<br />You could be here in no time if you choose to!<br />You always were an independent girl<br />But you have time enough to see the world<br />Oh, come back Billie Jo, your mama needs you<br />And everyone knows I need you too!<br />Oh, she's baked an apple pie the way she used to<br />Come back Billie Jo, your mama needs you<br />And everyone knows I need you too!<br />Yeah, everyone knows I need you too!<br />(Come back Billie Jo)<br /><br />Songwriters: Tony Macaulay / Mitch Murray
