fathers are pleading lovers are all alone
mothers are prayin’ send our sons back home tell ’em ’bout it
you marched them away yes you did now on ships and planes
to a senseless war facing death in vain
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
why don’t you turn the ships around
everybody oughta lay your weapons down
can’t you see ’em marchin’ ‘cross the sky
all the soldiers that have died
tryin’ to get home
can’t you see them tryin’ to get home
tryin’ to get home
they’re tryin’ to get home
cease all fire tell ’em ’bout it on the battlefield
enough men have already been wounded and killed
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
why don’t you turn the ships around
everybody oughta lay your weapons down
mothers fathers and lovers can’t you see them
tryin’ to get home
can’t you see them tryin’ to get home
have mercy
tryin’ to get home
tryin’ to get home
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
bring the boys home bring ’em back alive
what they doin’ over there now bring ’em back alive
when we need ’em over here now bring ’em back alive
what they doin’ over there now bring ’em back alive
when we need ’em over here now bring ’em back alive
bring ’em all bring ’em all home bring ’em back alive
bring ’em all bring ’em home now bring ’em back alive
fade out
Artist: Freda Payne
Year: 1971
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 216