KC went to Sparky’s and he saw her, sitting underneath that Red Stripe sign.
Girls like that don’t show up much at Sparky’s Bar & Grill, and he said right then and there, “I’m gonna make her mine.”
It won’t be easy, but nothing ever is that’s worth your time.
He may go home alone tonight, but it won’t be from lack of trying.

KC pulled his chair up to her table, he pulled every trick out of his bag.
1st he asked her, “What’s your favorite color?”
Her smile lit up her face, & she said, “I like plaid.”
It won’t be easy, but nothing ever is that’s worth your time.
He may go home alone tonight, but it won’t be from lack of trying.

What’s it gonna take for him to somehow break the ice?
How’s he gonna make this work?
Only getting once chance, so he’d better get it right.
If he messes up he’s going home alone tonight.

Turns out she likes going to the ballet. Wrestlemania is more his style.
She digs foreign films without subtitles. He watches Three Stooges, feed his inner child.
It won’t be easy, but nothing ever is that’s worth your time.
He may go home alone tonight, but it won’t be from lack of trying.

Found out that she was a published author. Wrote some books, the titles he forgets.
He told her, I too have books at my house, but he didn’t tell her most had not been colored yet.
It won’t be easy, but nothing ever is that’s worth your time.
He may go home alone tonight, but it won’t be from lack of trying.

What’s it gonna take for him to somehow break the ice?
How’s he gonna make this work?
Only getting once chance, so he’d better get it right.
If he messes up he’s going home alone tonight.

If you visit Sparky’s you can see it, just in case you truly had some doubt.
A plaque erected underneath that Red Stripe sign,
Despite the odds the mighty KC had struck out.
It wasn’t easy, in fact it turns out it could not be done.
KC went home alone that night, and that’s the reason this song is being sung.

Going Home Alone

Retired the beginning of 2023. Been writing music seriously for about six years. Thanks for listening - and sharing!

Going Home Alone

Scott Orr