Before leaving, he takes his guitar and records himself playing and singing a greeting on his answering machine (the song's chorus) to tell her that no matter what, he loves her, and she can still come back.

At the end of the recording, he sings, "I can't hug you on the phone, so hurry home."

In the song's bridge, many days have flown by since the father has heard from his daughter, and people are starting to doubt that she will ever come back.

In the third verse, the song shifts to the daughter, who has been abandoned by "her so-called friends" outside a bar in New York City.

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave a positive review, saying that he considered it well-suited to Carroll's voice, also saying, " Anyone who is alive has felt that kind of limitless love be it as a child or a parent and that's what makes this song a winner as it tells a gentile tale of the best kind of love.