Lyrics
[Intro]
Mm
Mm-hmm
Oh-oh
(Oh-oh)
[Verse 1]
Pulled off the shoulder on Highway 9
A cardboard box sat in the rain
Little ribs like piano keys
Something shaking underneath a stained blanket
I crouched down slow
Said hey there stranger
[Pre-Chorus]
You don't have to be scared of me
Nobody's been kind in a while
[Chorus]
I'll take you home tonight
Feed you from my own two hands
I'll take you home tonight
You don't have to understand
Every dog deserves a name
Every cat a warm windowsill
I'll take you home tonight
I will
[Verse 2]
Vet said she's barely a year
Heartworms and a broken tooth
Cost me half a paycheck
Didn't blink I paid it through
Now she sleeps across my feet
Growls at the mailman like a fool
[Pre-Chorus]
She don't know she got lucky
But I know that I did too
[Chorus]
I'll take you home tonight
Feed you from my own two hands
I'll take you home tonight
You don't have to understand
Every dog deserves a name
Every cat a warm windowsill
I'll take you home tonight
I will
[Bridge]
Seven cages at the county pound
Seven faces turned away
I can't save the whole wide world
But I can save one today
I can save one today
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Foster momma on a Sunday
Bottle feeding kittens every two hours
Neighbors think I lost my mind
Say I got too many mouths to feed
But a porch full of strays
Beats an empty house with nothing
[Pre-Chorus]
It ain't charity it's just right
It's the least that I can do
[Chorus]
I'll take you home tonight
Feed you from my own two hands
I'll take you home tonight
You don't have to understand
Every dog deserves a name
Every cat a warm windowsill
I'll take you home tonight
I will
[Post-Chorus]
Home tonight
Home tonight
Oh-oh
Home tonight
[Outro]
Mm
Mm-hmm
Good girl
Good girl