Welcome Home - Dolly Parton

With great antisipation he waited at the door

His only son was due from over seas

For months now he’d been waitin since he’d gone off to war

And his eyes were filled with tears of great relief.

Chorus:

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 to long.

I heard him say as they embraced

I’ve waited so long for this day

My son, my very own, welcome home.

Well, a dreary rain is fallin where another soldier fell

While a mother wakes up cryin in the night

She thought she heard him calling, in that moment she could tell

Her only son had passed into the light.

Welcome home son, his loving arms held open

And his heart so full of love

Welcome home son as Jesus stood their glowing

Their hand reached out and touched

I knew that you’d return to me

The place that you were meant to be

Rest now for youve been gone to long.

I heard him say as they embraced

I’ve waited so long for this day

My son, my very own, welcome home.

I think of all families who have lost a darlin one

I think how jesus died for all our sins

And I think how much god loves us to

Send his only son to live and die and then to live again.

Welcome home son I hope to hear God saying

When it’s my time to go

Welcome home while the angel band is playing

And god comes to claim my soul

The angels will be singing and joy bells will be ringing

Rejoicing I’ll shout and sing along.

When their are no more wars to fight

And where all children of the light

When the father and the son say welcome home.

Welcome home, welcome home.

Welcome home…