Take Me Home

I was sent to this far away land

half a boy half a man,

to fight a war we still don’t understand,

that took the lives of many a man.

Take me home, my heart is yearning to go home.

Blow out the candle that’s burning in the window.

Tell my mother not to worry I am safe now,

in His holy arms.

And we returned from the mess they made

no confetti, no parade.

We returned to take the blame

and all that’s left is a wall of names.

Take me home, my heart is yearning to go home.

Blow out the candle that’s burning in the window.

Tell my mother not to worry I am safe now,

in His holy arms.

So put my name on that granite wall,

remember me when your country calls.

Remember those you leave behind.

Is there a war that saves mankind?

So take me home, my heart is yearning to go home.

Blow out the candle that’s burning in the window.

Tell my mother not to worry I am safe now,

in His holy arms.

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I post this every year. Clicking on the words downloads the video. Some may say that it is a protest song, perhaps it is for some. But I’ve yet to find a song or poem that expresses it better, to me.