Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me.
See, on the portals
he's waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me.
Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary come home,
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Calling for you to come home.
Why should we tarry
when Jesus is pleading
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger
and heed not his mercies,
Mercies for you and for me?
Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary come home,
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Calling for you to come home.
O for the wonderful love
he has promised,
Promised for you and for me
Though we have sinned,
he has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.
Refrain:
Come home, come home,
You who are weary come home,
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Calling for you to come home.