Till They Came Home

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times were hard but they were fun in 1941 the year that Jim and Catherine fell in love they were graduating college their heads were full of knowledge and visions of taking on the world but Uncle Sam and those Pearl Harbor bombs pulled Jim away from Catherine's arms then along came Vietnam in 1961 the year that Bob and Mandy said "I do" they bought a house outside the city everything was sitting pretty but again old Uncle Sam said "I need you" Bob said "Mandy, honey I'll be back don't you worry, you can count on that" and as the headlines rolled every mother prayed every father laid awake the whole night through every brother bragged every sister cried every hometown across this land held on til they came home times were hard but they were fun in 1991 the year that John and Sally said goodbye he held two kids in his arms as she left for Desert Storm John could see the sadness in her eyes he watched her sail away navy blue up on the quarter deck in full salute and as the headlines rolled every mother prayed every father laid awake the whole night through every brother bragged every sister cried every hometown across this land held on til they came home some came home as heroes proud to be back some came home as heroes covered with the flag and as the headlines rolled every mother prayed every father laid awake the whole night through every brother bragged every sister cried every hometown across this land held on till they came home every hometown across this land holds on till they come home