Till They Came Home

TILL THEY CAME HOME
(c) George Hill/Mike Dekle, ASCAP, Tim Crosby/Dennis Nelson/Tom Tower/Kathy Boyd, BMI

TIMES WERE HARD BUT THEY WERE FUN IN 1941
THE YEAR THAT JIM AND KATHRYN FELL IN LOVE
THEY WERE GRADUATIN’ COLLEGE THEIR HEADS WERE FULL OF KNOWLEDGE
AND VISIONS OF TAKIN’ ON THE WORLD
BUT UNCLE SAM AND THOSE PEARL HARBOR BOMBS
PULLED JIM AWAY FROM KATHRYN’S ARMS

THE CALL CAME TOO QUICKLY, BACK IN 1950
THE YEAR THAT KEITH AND ELSA HAD A SON
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN STORE
IN THAT FORGOTTEN WAY
AGAIN ANOTHER FAMILY CAME UNDONE
WHEN YOUR COLD WAR, GET TOO HOT
AND HOPE AND SADNESS ARE ALL YOU GOT

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WHEN 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

THEN ALONG CAME VIETNAM IN 1961 THE YEAR THAT BOB AND MANDY SAID I DO
THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE OUTSIDE THE CITY EVERYTHING WAS SITTIN’ PRETTY
BUT AGAIN OLE UNCLE SAM SAID I NEED YOU
BOB SAID MANDY HONEY I’LL BE BACK
DON’T YOU WORRY YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT

TIMES WERE HARD BUT THEY WERE FUN IN 1991
THE YEAR THAT JOHN AND SALLY SAID GOOD BYE
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 IN NAVY BLUE
UP ON THE QUARTER DECK IN FULL SALUTE

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SOME CAME HOME AS HEROES PROUD TO BE BACK
SOME CAME HOME AS HEROES COVERED WITH THE FLAG

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AND EVERY HOMETOWN ACROSS THIS LAND HOLDS ON
TILL THEY COME HOME