"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the boys came home, Annie cried and cheered She'd been on her own for a long and year for his letters from far away Vietnam And the official telegram
So she was waiting at the station when his came rolling in She ached with anticipation of holding him And suddenly he was standing in his crumpled uniform In a heartbeat she was in his
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, been gone too long Did you wonder, there, you were tired, when you were scared, If country really cared, welcome home
When a goes to war, everyone's a casualty Some are maimed and scarred, have wounds you cannot see So in of the man that she had known, Annie found instead, a sick and 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 is muddy quicksand, love is tempered steel Annie waited for his to heal
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, you've been too long We're just so glad that you're And only you wonder why You lived when others died, welcome
So on a sunny morning, I heard old war drums beat and watched the boys come marching, the city street* To claim place in the nation's heart their blood and pain had earned A that rejoiced in their return
And if the day to heal some wounds is a matter of debate For some it had none too soon, for others far too late But I found 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 gone too What you went through in Vietnam, we begin to understand But to each and every man, welcome
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've been too long May the years bring you release, as the memories May you find some kind of peace, home May you find some kind of peace, welcome
ANZAC Day Parade. ANZAC Day is Australia's of Memorial Day in the US and