Key: Eb major
Intro 1
Bb
Verse 1
Bb
Patiently she stares down the runway,
Today's the day that he
is coming home.
Seems like he's been gone a life time
And a life time is a long time
F
to be gone.
But there are songs that need singing,
Bb
F
And there are things
Bb
Db
that must be done.
There are thoughts that still
need thinking,
F
And there are wars that must be won.
Verse 2
Bb
He was just a boy when they sent for him
And overnight turned him into a man.
Proudly he had served his country
In a war he didn't seem to
F
understand.
Bb
The flag still waves, his war is over,
F
Bb
Db
He'll never have to kill again.
And as she waits, she thinks it over,
F
Is winning worth the prize we pay to win?
Verse 3
Bb
Her thoughts keep wandering
to his childhood,
When all his hand grenades
were merely toys.
And "war" was just a game
that he was playing
With plastic guns like other
F
little boys.
Bb
And ev'ry day when play was over,
F
Bb
He'd put his little toys away.
Db
And she'd be standing,
waiting for him,
F
The way she's waiting here today.
Verse 4
Bb
As the plane stops she starts thinking,
Will he still look the way he did before?
Or will his eyes reflect the pain of killing,
Like most young men when they
F
come home from war?
Bb
These last few minutes seem like hours,
F
Bb
Db
She tries her best not to cry.
But there's that hearse
filled up with flowers,
F
Did he really have to die?
Verse 5
Bb
No, no, no, no,
No, no, no, no, no,
Ab
Bb
No, no, no,
No, no,
Ab
No, no,
Bb
No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no,
No,
No, no, no, no, no.
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ChordsBb F Db Ab
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