"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the came home, Annie cried and Annie cheered been on her own for a long and lonely year Living for his from far away Vietnam And the official telegram
So she was at the station when his train came rolling in She ached anticipation of holding him again And suddenly he was standing there in his uniform In a heartbeat she was in his
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, been gone too long Did you wonder, there, when you tired, when you were scared, If country really cared, welcome home
When a nation to war, everyone's a casualty Some are and scarred, most 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 the years The hard times and the drinking, the and the tears For where hate is muddy quicksand, is tempered steel waited for his wounds to heal
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've been too long We're just so glad you're alive And only you will why You when others died, welcome home
So on a sunny Sydney morning, I heard old war drums and watched the come marching, down the city street* To their place in the nation's heart that their blood and had earned A nation rejoiced in their return
And if the day helped to heal some wounds is a matter of For some it had come too soon, for others far too late But I found myself hoping, as the boys marching past That for the war was over, at last
Welcome home, boys, home you know, you've been gone too long What you went through in Vietnam, we can't to understand But to and every man, welcome home
Welcome home, boys, home Don't you know, you've gone too long May the years you release, as the memories decrease May you find some kind of peace, home May you some kind of peace, welcome home
ANZAC Day Parade. ANZAC Day is Australia's of Day in the US and Canada