Welcome Home

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With great anticipation he waited at
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 the door
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His only son was due from overseas
For months now he?d been waiting 
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since he?d gone off to war
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And his eyes were filled with tears
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 of great relief

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Welcome home son his loving arms 
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held open and his heart so full of 
love
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Welcome home son I?ve been praying 
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and been hoping and I never did give
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I knew that you?d return to me the 
place where you were meant to be
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Rest now for you?ve been gone too 
long
I heard him say as they embraced 
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I?ve waited so long for this day
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My son my very own welcome home

But a dreary rain was falling while 
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another soldier fell
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And a mother wakes up crying in the 
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night
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She thought she?d heard him calling 
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in that moment she could tell
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Her only son had passed into the 
light

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Welcome home son his loving arms 
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held open and his heart so full of 
love
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Welcome home son as Jesus stood 
there glowing their hands reached 
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out and touched

I knew that you?d return to me the 
place that you were meant to be
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Rest now for you?ve been gone too 
long
As they embraced I heard him say 
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I?ve waited so long for this day
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My son my very own welcome home

Now I think of all the families 
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that?ve lost a darling one
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And I think how Jesus died for all 
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our sins
And I think how much God loved us to
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 send His only Son
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To live and die and then to live 
again

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Welcome home Son I hear God saying 
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when they nail Christ to the cross 
that day
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Welcome home Son and when He sent 
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His angels to roll that stone away

I knew that you?d return to me the 
place where you were meant to be
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Rest now for you?ve been gone too 
long
I hear God say as they embrace I?ve 
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waited so long for this day
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Well done my faithful Son welcome 
home

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Welcome home I hope to hear God 
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saying when it?s my time to go
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Welcome home while the angel band 
is playing and God comes to claim my
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 soul

The angels will be singing and joy 
bells will be ringing
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Rejoicing I?ll shout and sing along
When there are no more wars to fight
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 and we?re all children of the light
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When the Father and the Son say 
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welcome home