Sometimes at night I'd lie awake Longing inside for my father's embrace Sometimes at night I'd wander downstairs And pray he'd returned, but no one was there. Oh, how I'd cry, a child all alone Waiting for him to come home. Chorus: My father's chair, sat in an empty room My father's chair, covered with sheets of gloom My father's chair through all the years And all the tears I cried in vain No one was there in my father's chair. Sometimes at night I sit all alone Drifting asleep in a chair of my own When sweet sleepy eyes peer down from the hall Frightened by dreams they cannot recall I hold them close, calming their fears Chorus: My father's chair sits in a loving room My father's chair, no matter what I do My father's chair, through all the years And all the tears I need not fear Love's always there in my father's chair. Sometimes at night I dream of a throne Of my loving God, calling me home And as I appear, He rises and smiles And reaches with love to welcome His child Never to cry, never to fear In His arms, safe and secure. Chorus: My Father's chair sits in a royal room My Father's chair holds glory beyond the tomb My Father's chair, my God is there And I am His eternal heir Someday I'll share my Father's chair.