Homecoming Phosphorescent

I guess I should've written, Dad
To let you know that I was coming home
I've been gone so many years
I didn't realize you had a phone

I saw your cattle coming in
Boy, they're looking mighty fat and slick
I saw Fred at the service station
He told me that his wife was awful sick

You heard my record on the radio
Oh well, it's just another song
But I've got a hit recorded now
It'll be out on the market 'fore too long

I got this ring in Mexico
And no, it didn't cost me quite a bunch
When you're in the business that I'm in
The peoplе call it 'puttin' up a front'

I know I've lost a little weight
And I guеss I am looking kind of pale
If you didn't know me better, Dad
You'd think that I'd just gotten out of jail

No, we don't ever call them beer joints
Nightclubs are the places where I work
You meet a lot of people there
But no, there ain't no chance of gettin' hurt