Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song When a Soldier Makes It Home, artist - Arlo Guthrie. Album song Mystic Journey, in the genre
Date of issue: 19.02.1996
Record label: Rising Son
Song language: English
When a Soldier Makes It Home |
Halfway around the world tonight |
In a strange and foreign land |
A soldier packs his memories |
As he leaves Afghanistan |
And back home they don’t know too much |
There’s just no way to tell |
I guess you had to be there |
For to know that war was hell |
And there won’t be any victory parades |
For those that’s coming back |
They’ll fly them in at midnight |
And unload the body sacks |
And the living will be walking down |
A long and lonely road |
Because nobody seems to care these days |
When a soldier makes it home |
They’ll say it wasn’t easy |
Just another job well done |
As the government in Kabul falls |
To the sounds of rebel guns |
And the faces of the comrades |
Being blown out of the sky |
Leaves you bitter with the feeling |
That they didn’t have to die |
Halfway around the world tonight |
In a strange and foreign land |
A soldier unpacks memories |
That he saved from Vietnam |
Back home they didn’t know too much |
There was just no way to tell |
I guess you had to be there |
For to know that war was hell |
And there wasn’t any big parades |
For those that made it back |
They flew them in at midnight |
And unloaded all the sacks |
And the living were left walking down |
A long and lonely road |
Because nobody seemed to care back then |
When a soldier made it home |
The night is coming quickly |
And the stars are on their way |
As I stare into the evening |
Looking for the words to say |
That I saw the lonely soldier |
Just a boy that’s far from home |
And I saw that I was just like him |
While upon this earth I roam |
And there may not be any big parades |
If I ever make it back |
As I come home under cover |
Through a world that can’t keep track |
Of the heroes who have fallen |
Let alone the ones who won’t |
Which is why nobody seems to care |
When a soldier makes it home |