"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the boys came home, Annie cried and cheered She'd been on her own for a long and lonely Living for his from far away Vietnam And dreading the official
So she was waiting at the station his train came rolling in She ached anticipation of holding him again And suddenly he was there in his crumpled uniform In a she was in his arms
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've gone too long Did you wonder, there, you were tired, when you were scared, If your country cared, welcome home
When a nation to war, everyone's a casualty Some are maimed and scarred, most wounds you cannot see So in place of the man 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 times and the drinking, the nightmares and the tears For where hate is quicksand, love is tempered steel Annie waited for his wounds to
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've been too long We're so glad that you're alive And only you will why You lived when others died, home
So on a sunny Sydney morning, I old war drums beat and watched the boys come marching, down the street* To their place in the nation's heart that their blood and 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 come none too soon, for far too late But I found myself hoping, as the boys went past for them the war was over, at last
Welcome home, boys, home Don't you know, you've been gone too What you went through in Vietnam, we begin to understand But to each and man, welcome home
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, you've been too long May the bring you release, as the memories decrease May you find some kind of peace, home May you find kind of peace, welcome home
ANZAC Day Parade. Day is Australia's version of Day in the US and Canada