Home Before You Know It

Lyrics

[BUD] Fran, you know the drill Now, look, if anything goes wrong— I know you think it never will But if it does They know next door You're here alone Now Fran, you're free and clear We got the fences fixed already So while we're out with the steer You should be fine And if you're not Pick up the phone You know there's room for you to come Although, I take it back, there's not We got the cow, we got the kids And then the tent, which I forgot We better get out on the road Before the trailer gets too hot But we'll be home before you know We'll be home before you notice that we're gone Three days isn't very long And so if anything goes wrong Just hold on tight— The end's in sight— And we'll be home [BUD] Wait. Fran! What? I do not think so, Michael Right now I am talking to Your mother! Michael, get the lunch! What did I say? Go get the lunch! Jesus! I've got to move it out right now I don't have time to sit and wait We get a worse spot in the stall For every minute that we're late! And I can see by how you're lookin' That you think it's really great That we'll be home before you know it We'll be home And then I won't do this again [MICHAEL] Dad! Give me the keys! I'm gonna drive! Last year, you said When I was sixteen I could drive… And I'm sixteen! You gonna go back on Your word? Come on! I drive better'n you I tell you now— I won't be squeezin' in the middle I'm not squeezin' in the middle! How 'bout if I just Drive the last mile? So we can come in that fair in style? Oh! I can't believe this. [BUD] Yeah sure, you're laughin' at me now When I got two kids and a cow I gotta show We gotta go Then we'll be home (spoken) Carlyn! [CAROLYN, spoken] I'm not going! [BUD, spoken] Then we're going without you! [FRANCESCA, spoken] Sweetheart, it's Mom [CARLOYN] Why does he have to be a jerk? [FRANCESCA] I'm sorry you got upset with Dad, but you've worked so hard with Steve. All you have to do now is go to Indianapolis… so he can win Steer of the Year [CAROLYN, sung] Why do you have to sound like him? Why do you have to say what he says? You don't care about the farm [FRANCESCA] Carolyn. This could be your college education right here [CAROLYN] You should have made him stay in Italy Then I could be Italian And you could be happy And I wouldn't have to marry a farmer [FRANCESCA] You don't have to marry a farmer [CAROLYN] Nobody asks me what I want! [BUD, spoken] Carolyn! [CAROLYN, spoken] Ti amo, mama (screaming, to BUD) Coming! [BUD, spoken] You'll be OK here, right? [FRANCESCA, sung] I've got a book I want to read, I've got new recipes to try Or I might just spend three days sitting here and staring at the sky But I can't get out of this kitchen 'till you finally say goodbye And you'll be home before I know it [BUD] Ok then, we'll see you Thursday [FRANCESCA, sung] You'll be home before I notice that you're gone [BUD] We'll call from the road. All right, here we go! [FRANCESCA] You'll be home before I know it