My Empty Arms Ivory Joe Hunter Written by Ivory Joe Hunter Ivory Joe Hunter's version (My Empty Arms) only charted at # 43 (Billboard) Teresa Brewer's version charted at # 13 Country artist Sonny James re-made it to # 93 on the Pop chart in 1971. mm-mm-mm mm-mm-mm Empty arms that long for you And they wait, they wait just for you And these arms will stay this way 'Til you return to them some day Each lonely night I'll go to bed mm-My heart the pillow where you used to lay your head Empty arms, but not for long 'cause my man, he is comin' home And when he, when he walks through that door These empty arms I'll have no more Yeah, these empty arms I'll have no more