作词 : Dekle, Hill 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 youBob said, " Mandy, honey I'll be back Don't you worry, you can count on that"And as the headlines rolled, every mother prayedEvery father laid awake the whole night throughEvery brother bragged, every sister criedEvery hometown across this land held onTill they came homeTimes were hard but they were fun in 1991The year that John and Sally said goodbyeHe held two kids in his arms as she left for desert stormJohn could see the sadness in her eyesHe watched her sail away navy blueUp on the quarter deck in full saluteAnd as the headlines rolled, every mother prayedEvery father laid awake the whole night throughEvery brother bragged, every sister criedEvery hometown across this land held onTill they came homeSome came home as heroesProud to be backSome came home as heroesCovered with the flagAnd as the headlines rolled, every mother prayedEvery father laid awake the whole night throughEvery brother bragged, every sister criedEvery hometown across this land held onTill they came homeEvery hometown across this land holds onTill they came home
作词 : Dekle, Hill 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 youBob said, " Mandy, honey I'll be back Don't you worry, you can count on that"And as the headlines rolled, every mother prayedEvery father laid awake the whole night throughEvery brother bragged, every sister criedEvery hometown across this land held onTill they came homeTimes were hard but they were fun in 1991The year that John and Sally said goodbyeHe held two kids in his arms as she left for desert stormJohn could see the sadness in her eyesHe watched her sail away navy blueUp on the quarter deck in full saluteAnd as the headlines rolled, every mother prayedEvery father laid awake the whole night throughEvery brother bragged, every sister criedEvery hometown across this land held onTill they came homeSome came home as heroesProud to be backSome came home as heroesCovered with the flagAnd as the headlines rolled, every mother prayedEvery father laid awake the whole night throughEvery brother bragged, every sister criedEvery hometown across this land held onTill they came homeEvery hometown across this land holds onTill they came home
