"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the came home, Annie cried and Annie cheered She'd been on her own for a and lonely year Living for his letters far away Vietnam And dreading the telegram
So she was at the station when his train came rolling in She with anticipation of holding him again And suddenly he was standing in his crumpled uniform In a she was in his arms
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, been gone too long Did you wonder, there, when you were tired, when you 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 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, is tempered steel Annie waited for his to heal
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, been gone too long We're so glad that you're alive And only you wonder why You lived when others died, home
So on a sunny Sydney morning, I heard old war beat and the boys come marching, down the city street* To claim place in the nation's heart that their blood and pain had A nation that rejoiced in their
And if the day helped to heal some is a matter of debate For some it had come too soon, for others far too late But I found myself hoping, as the boys went past That for the war was over, at last
Welcome home, boys, 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 man, welcome home
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, you've been gone too May the years 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 Memorial Day in the US and