"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 from far away Vietnam And the official telegram
So she was waiting at the station when his came rolling in She ached with of holding him again And suddenly he was standing there in his crumpled In a heartbeat she was in his
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've gone too long Did you wonder, there, when you were tired, when you scared, If your country really cared, home
When a nation goes to war, everyone's a Some are maimed and scarred, most have you cannot see So in of the man that she had known, Annie found instead, a sick and troubled in her bed
But she was stubborn, she was lovin', so she all through the years The hard and the drinking, the nightmares and the tears For hate is muddy quicksand, love is tempered steel Annie waited for his wounds to
Welcome home, boys, home you know, you've 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 morning, I heard old war drums beat and the boys come marching, down the city street* To claim place in the nation's heart that their blood and had earned A that 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 hoping, as the boys went marching past That for them the war was over, at
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, been gone too long What you went through in Vietnam, we can't to understand But to each and man, welcome home
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, been gone too long May the bring 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 Day in the US and Canada