Papa went away in the night He fought as he could but he lost the fight He knew what it was and never underestimated the task He stopped and wrote to his wife Showing his love in five words and tried To say in his own words He's leaving our arms tonight He's all right now He's all right and we'll learn to talk In search of our own words He's leaving our arms tonight He's all right now He's all right and we'll learn to walk By light of our own torch He's leaving our arms tonight Leaving our arms tonight Papa went away in the night We knew his philosophy we had to try To stand on our own two feet And find something to do with our time He gave us our longs and we'll try To fill it with songs about the days and nights That he was among us He's leaving our arms tonight He's all right now He's all right and we'll to talk In search of our own words He's leaving our arms tonight He's all right now He's all right and we'll learn to walk By light of our own torch He's leaving our arms tonight He's leaving our arms tonight He's leaving our arms tonight He's leaving our arms tonight