A SOLDIER GOES HOME

A SOLDIER GOES HOME

SOLDIERS TRAVEL MANY MILES
FOR THE SAKE OF FREEDOMS CALL
TO PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE
THEY'RE PREPARED TO GIVE THEIR ALL
FOR THEY TRULY UNDERSTAND
THE PRIZE THAT IS AT STAKE
LIBERTY IS A PRECIOUS GIFT
OUR ENEMIES WOULD TAKE

SO THE SOLDIERS LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES
THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR FRIENDS
AND STEP ON TO THE BATTLEFIELD
IN SOME FAR OFF FOREIGN LAND
FEAR IS NOT AN OPTION
THEY'VE GOT A JOB TO DO
THEY POSSESS A SPECIAL COURAGE
KNOWN TO VERY FEW

THE SOLDIERS FIGHT WITH ALL THEIR HEART
SOMETIMES AROUND THE CLOCK
WHEN SUDDENLY THERE IS SILENCE
AND THE NOISE OF WAR JUST STOPS
AND THEY FEEL A BLESSED PEACE
LIKE NONE THEY'VE EVER KNOWN
AS THEY HEAR A SWEET VOICE SAY
WEARY SOLDIER WELCOME HOME

YOU SEE THOSE SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED
AND AS THEY TRADE THEIR BOOTS FOR WINGS
THEY'LL PROUDLY SERVE IN HEAVEN
AND WITH THE ANGELS, THEY WILL SING
AND THOUGH WE CAN NOT SEE THEM
WE CAN FEEL THEM FROM WITHIN
UNTIL JUST LIKE GOD PROMISED
WE MEET THEM ONCE AGAIN

MAY GOD BLESS OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO SERVE
AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ERIC HORNER
APRIL15, 2003