Rosy won't you please come home?
Mama don't know where you've been.
Rosy won't you please come home?
Your room's clean and no one's in it.

Oh my Rosy, how I miss you,
You are all the world to me.
Take a look and see if you like it,
If you like it please come back.

Rosy won't you please come home?
Since you've joined the upper classes,
You don't know us anymore.
Live and let your troubles pass.

Rosy, Rosy, will you write and tell me,
If you don't want to come back?
I would sacrifice all I have
To have a happy home once more.

Rosy won't you please come home?
Two long years have passed away.
Since you tried to change your life,
Christmas wasn't quite the same.

Rosy, Rosy, got any answers?
You are miles across the sea,
And I'll bake a cake if you tell me
You are on the first plane home.

Rosy won't you please come home?
Mama don't know where you've been.
Rosy won't you please come home?
Your room's clean and no one's in it.

Oh my Rosy, how I miss you,
You are all the world to me.
Take a look and see if you like it,
If you like it please come back.

Oh Rosy, will you please come back?


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    Ray had a sister called Rosie in Australia who was married to a man who used to beat her up. She used to write heartbreaking letters to her family in England, and everyone wanted her to come home.

    pandatronicon April 07, 2006   Link
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    this song makes me super sad. my mom was dependent on me emotionally and freaked out when i left to college. some of the lines read like her desperately trying to pull me back. then I started dating a guy who comes from money. the lyrics also remind me of the distance i've created between myself and the rest of my family with my problems making me seem so out of touch with their struggles. good song, i love the kinks.

    itswarminhereon May 15, 2018   Link

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