WITH GREAT
ANTICIPATION
HE WAITED AT THE DOOR
HIS ONLY SON WAS DUE
FROM OVERSEAS
FOR MONTHS NOW
HE'D BEEN WAITIN'
SINCE HE'D GONE OFF
TO WAR
AND HIS EYES WERE
FILLED WITH TEARS
OF GREAT RELIEF
WELCOME HOME SON
HIS LOVING ARMS
HELD OPEN
AND HIS HEART
SO FULL OF LOVE
WELCOME HOME SON
I'VE BEEN PRAYIN'
AND BEEN HOPIN'
AND I NEVER DID GIVE UP
I KNEW
THAT YOU'D RETURN
TO ME
THE PLACE
WHERE YOU
WERE MEANT TO BE
REST NOW
FOR YOU'VE BEEN GONE
TOO LONG
I HEARD HIM SAY
AS THEY EMBRACED
I'VE WAITED SO LONG
FOR THIS DAY
MY SON
MY VERY OWN
WELCOME HOME
BUT A DREARY RAIN
WAS FALLIN'
WHILE ANOTHER SOLDIER
FELL
AND A MOTHER
WAKES UP CRYING
IN THE NIGHT
SHE THOUGHT
SHE'D HEARD HIM
CALLIN'
IN THAT MOMENT
SHE COULD TELL
HER ONLY SON
HAD PASSED INTO
THE LIGHT
WELCOME HOME SON
HIS LOVIN' ARMS
HELD OPEN
AND HIS HEART
SO FULL OF LOVE
WELCOME HOME SON
AS JESUS STOOD THERE
GLOWING
THEIR HANDS
REACHED OUT
AND TOUCHED
I KNEW
THAT YOU'D RETURN
TO ME
THE PLACE
THAT YOU
WERE MEANT TO BE
REST NOW
FOR YOU'VE BEEN GONE
TOO LONG
I HEARD HIM SAY
AS THEY EMBRACED
I'VE WAITED SO LONG
FOR THIS DAY
MY SON
MY VERY OWN
WELCOME HOME
NOW I THINK
OF ALL THE FAMILIES
THAT HAVE LOST
A DARLIN' ONE
AND I THINK
HOW JESUS DIED
FOR ALL THEIR SINS
AND I THINK
HOW MUCH GOD
LOVED US
TO SEND HIS ONLY SON
TO LIVE AND DIE
AND THEN TO LIVE AGAIN
WELCOME HOME SON
I HEAR GOD SAYIN'
WHEN THEY NAILED
CHRIST
TO THE CROSS
THAT DAY
WELCOME HOME SON
AND WHEN HE SENT
HIS ANGELS
TO ROLL THAT STONE
AWAY
I KNEW
THAT YOU'D RETURN
TO ME
THE PLACE
WHERE YOU
WERE MEANT TO BE
REST NOW
FOR YOU'VE BEEN GONE
TOO LONG
I HEAR GOD SAY
AS THEY EMBRACE
I'VE WAITED SO LONG
FOR THIS DAY
WELL DONE
MY FAITHFUL SON
WELCOME HOME
WELCOME HOME
I HOPE TO HEAR GOD
SAYIN'
WHEN IT'S MY TIME
TO GO
WELCOME HOME
WHILE THE ANGEL BAND
IS PLAYIN'
AND GOD COMES
TO CLAIM
MY SOUL
THE ANGELS
WILL BE SINGIN'
AND JOY BELLS
WILL BE RINGIN'
REJOICIN'
I'LL SHOUT
AND SING ALONG
WHEN THERE ARE
NO MORE WARS TO FIGHT
AND WE'RE ALL
CHILDREN
OF THE LIGHT
WHEN THE FATHER
AND THE SON
SAY WELCOME HOME
WELCOME HOME
WELCOME HOME
WELCOME HOME