You say you're dying, for menIn order to die you must first be alivenYou say your hearts broken, with the strainnThat when we're apart, your beeding heart has left a srainnnAnd when you feel a flickernThrow another log onnKeep the homefires burningnFor me, for me.nnYou say it's getting colder now, for younSo when you feel the ice thicken keep the sunnyside upnSo come on now, lift your headnIf you're going to weather the stormnYou'd better wrap yourself upnWarm, warmnnAnd when you feel a flickernThrow another log onnKeep the homefires burningnFor me, for me.nnYou say you have, say you have needsnAnd you have disapproving thoughts about other mennPlaying with your conscience, like, can you or can't younLast the pace, have you what it takes or risk all that's at stake.nnAnd when you feel a flickernThrow another log onnAnd when you feel a flickernThrow another log onnKeep the homefires burningnFor me, for me.nKeep the homefires burningnFor me, for me.