Coming Home

A lifetime apart, an ocean away

We thought we had left for better days

But winter came and never left

Our mothers cried, our fathers wept

We were bound across the ocean

She called us at night, her plains and mountains

We built her homes, we sang her songs

We're coming home, it's been too long

We're coming home your sons and daughters

We worked so hard, we thought of you, father

And there's nothing here but more of the past

With peace in our hearts, we'll be home at last

Flowers blooming, sun is shining

Night is coming, we're still smiling

Oh my mother, oh my father

We'll be with you in the morning

We saw your face in the stars at night

We kept our minds away from the fight

We knew our future lives in tomorrow

Not in the peace that you borrow

Now our children will walk these hills

To the tune of sunshine, not bloody battles

We'll walk behind them, a lifetime apart

They'll come home at last with peace in their hearts

Come home, children, sleep now, children

We'll be with you in the morning

Peace in our hearts, peace in our lands

We have buried all of your tears