"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the boys came home, cried and Annie cheered been on her own for a long and lonely year Living for his letters from far away And dreading the official
So she was waiting at the when his train came rolling in She ached with anticipation of him again And suddenly he was standing there in his crumpled In a she was in his arms
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've been gone too Did you wonder, there, when you were tired, when you scared, If your country really cared, home
a nation goes to war, everyone's a casualty Some are maimed and scarred, most have you cannot see So in place of the man she had known, found instead, a sick and troubled stranger in her bed
But she was stubborn, she was lovin', so she stayed all through the The hard times and the drinking, the and the tears For where hate is muddy quicksand, love is steel Annie for his wounds to heal
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, you've been gone too We're just so glad that you're And you will wonder why You when others died, welcome home
So on a sunny Sydney morning, I old war drums beat and watched the boys come marching, the city street* To their place in the nation's heart their blood and pain had earned A nation that rejoiced in return
And if the day helped to heal some wounds is a matter of For some it had come none too soon, for far too late But I found myself hoping, as the boys went marching That for the war was over, at last
Welcome home, boys, home Don't you know, been gone too long What you went in Vietnam, we can't begin to understand But to and every man, welcome home
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, you've gone too long May the years bring you release, as the decrease May you find kind of peace, welcome home May you find some of peace, welcome home
ANZAC Day Parade. ANZAC Day is version of Memorial Day in the US and