"Welcome Home" -Eric
Now when the boys came home, cried and Annie cheered been on her own for a long and lonely year Living for his letters from far away And dreading the official
So she was waiting at the station when his train came in She ached with of holding him again And he was standing there in his crumpled uniform 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, when you scared, If your really cared, welcome home
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 stayed all through the The times and the drinking, the nightmares and the tears For where hate is quicksand, love is tempered steel waited for his wounds to heal
Welcome home, boys, home you know, you've been gone too long We're just so glad you're alive And only you wonder why You lived others died, welcome home
So on a sunny morning, I heard old war drums beat and watched the come marching, down the city street* To claim place in the nation's heart that blood and pain had earned A nation that rejoiced in their
And if the day helped to heal some wounds is a matter of For some it had none too soon, for others far too late But I found myself hoping, as the went marching past That for the war was over, at last
Welcome home, boys, welcome Don't you know, you've gone too long you went through in Vietnam, we can't begin to understand But to each and every man, welcome
home, boys, welcome home Don't you know, been gone too long May the years bring you release, as the decrease May you find kind of peace, welcome home May you find some kind of peace, home
ANZAC Day Parade. ANZAC Day is version of Memorial Day in the US and