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