[Chorus]
Honey pack up the kids 'cause we're headed to Omaha
In lieu of his family unknown
The paper says he was a Vietnam solider
And he needs some help getting back home

[Verse 1]
No there ain't nothing sadder than a black Cadillac
With a long trail of nothing behind
No tiger lillies, no babies, no whiskey
Living proof that lonely just died

[Chorus]
Honey pack up the kids 'cause we're headed to Omaha
In lieu of his family unknown
The paper says he was a Vietnam solider
And he needs some help getting back home

[Verse 2]
Yeah nobody knows who he was over there
Guess he'd like to keep it that way
Hell, it ain't no surprise that he didn't talk much
'Bout the things a guy takes to the grave

[Chorus]
Honey pack up the kids 'cause we're headed to Omaha
In lieu of his family unknown
The paper says he was a Vietnam solider
And he needs some help getting back home

[Verse 3]
Maybe after the funeral we can swing by the zoo
Let the kids see the monkeys and bears
Grab a late lunch on the way out of town
Let him sleep knowing somebody cared

[Chorus]
Honey pack up the kids 'cause we're headed to Omaha
In lieu of his family unknown
The paper says he was a Vietnam solider
And he needs some help getting back home

[Outro]
I'll call in sick
Honey, pack up the kids
'Cause we're headed to Omaha