If you come home to me

Anna Depenbusch performing in Munich in 2013

If you come home to me, 

honey, things will be different.

I promise you that I will change--

but right now, please don’t leave me alone.

If you come home to me, we’ll take it from the top,

and tonight, at the door, I will a leave a light on.

Yes, I know that I've really screwed up.

That silly little thing about your Porsche – you know I'm so sorry.

I also understand by going off with that guy

I took things a few steps too far.

If you come home to me, we’ll take it from the top,

And tonight, at the door, I will a leave a light on.

I’m losing my mind, a little more with each day.

Since you’re gone every breath is an effort.

The craziest thoughts are hunting me down;

I wonder how I could ever have been so damn dumb and stupid.

If you come home to me, we’ll take it from the top,

And tonight, at the door, I will a leave a light on.

Because I am your mouse; I'm your puppy, your precious crystal; 

I’m your fate, I'm your darling, your sweet nightingale.

And you are my hero, my brave knight and ivory tower;

you're my parachute, my compass, my beacon in the storm.

If you come home to me, I give my word on it--

I won’t smoke anymore; I won’t take you for stupid

and run drunk in the dark to the arms of strange men.

If you come home, everything will be different

If you come home, I swear that I’ll be your girl.

If you come home, I’ll kick the others right out the door.

But when will you come home to me?

When will you come back?

"Wenn du nach Hause kommst" - Words and music by Anna Depenbusch; translation by Frank Beck

This song is a particular favorite of mine; it's a brilliant portrait of a person who--like all of us, at times--can't quite see the untenable position she's in. Anna's performance (in a small studio for a 2011 webcast) makes the whole situation perfectly believable--if not forgivable.

• Anna Depenbusch sings "Wenn du nach Hause kommst"
• Lyrics in German
• Anna Depenbusch on iTunes
• My profile of Anna Depenbusch