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