Home You're Tearing Down Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
Home You're Tearing Down
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
Written by Betty Sue Perry
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I don't know your name I wouldn't
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know your face
But you're out with the one I love
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out there someplace
You have an invitation feel
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free to come
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around
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time and see the
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home you're tearing
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down
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Once some happy
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faces would have
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met you at the
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door
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But since their daddy's
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gone so much they
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don't smile any
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more
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There's shattered parts of broken hearts just
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scattered all
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around
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time and see the
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home you're tearing
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down
I'll dry all my tears and have the
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coffee
Cause I can't sleep a wink no more
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time's all I've got
You'll see the price I'm paying for happi
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ness you
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found
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time and see the
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home you're tearing
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down
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You've told how much you
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loved him you can
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surely tell me
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too
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I'd like to know just
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what you've done to
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make him turn to
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you
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I'll swallow pride and hear your side if you'll
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just come
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around
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time and see the
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home you're tearing
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down
FAQ
Who sang the the song Home You're Tearing Down?
- The song Home You're Tearing Down was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.