"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the boys came home, Annie cried and Annie She'd on her own for a long and lonely year for his letters from far away Vietnam And dreading the official
So she was waiting at the station his train came rolling in She ached with anticipation of holding him And he was standing there 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 your country really cared, welcome
When a nation goes to war, a casualty Some are maimed and scarred, most have wounds you see So in of the man that she had known, Annie found instead, a and troubled stranger in her bed
But she was stubborn, she was lovin', so she all through the years The hard times and the drinking, the nightmares and the For hate is muddy quicksand, love is tempered steel waited for his wounds to heal
Welcome home, boys, home Don't you know, been gone too long We're just so glad that you're And you will wonder why You lived when died, welcome home
So on a sunny Sydney morning, I heard old war drums and watched the boys come marching, down the city To claim place in the nation's heart that their blood and pain had A nation that rejoiced in return
And if the day helped to some wounds is a matter of debate For it had come 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
Welcome home, boys, home Don't you know, you've been too long What you went through in Vietnam, we begin to understand But to each and man, welcome home
Welcome home, boys, home you know, you've been gone too long May the years bring you release, as the decrease May you some kind of peace, welcome home May you find some of peace, welcome home
ANZAC Day Parade. ANZAC Day is Australia's of Day in the US and Canada