Party Lyrics - Porter Wagoner

As we were dressing to go out our little girl and boy 

Came in and asked if they could go this time 

We told them little girls and boys don't belong at parties 

And that they should be in bed asleep by nine 

The babysitter came in then and we kissed the kids goodbye 

And told them that we'd be home soon and told them not to cry 

Then we left for the party like we'd so often done 

Thinkin' only of ourselves and not our little ones 

The party started out wild and it grew wilder as the night wore on 

With drinking laughing teling dirty jokes nobody thinkin' of home 

Then the stranger feeling came over me and it chilled me to the bones 

And I told my wife that we'd better leave the party 

Cause I felt that we were needed at home 

As we rode along I got to thinking of how the kids that mornin' 

Had asked if we would take them to church the next day 

And how I'd put 'em off like I'd so often done 

By sayin' we'd probably get home too late 

Then my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of sirens 

As they cut through the still night air 

Then we turned down our street that's when we saw the fire 

The rest was like a nightmare 

We took their little bodies to church the next day 

Though we'd left the party early we still got home too late