Coming home

[Instrumental intro]

Two years on foreign shores
Your light still burns behind our door

[Verse 1]
In the cold winds of Kamchatka
Every letter that you sent
Kept me standing through the darkness
Though my back was tired and bent
Time moved slow in duty's keeping
While you waited patiently

[Chorus]
Mother, I can see your candle
Burning bright to guide me back
Like it did when I was younger
When the world turned cold and black
(Coming home, coming home)

[Verse 2]
Final night in barracks empty
Memories flood through my mind
All those tears upon your face, Ma
When your boy was left behind
Now the morning brings my freedom
As I board this westward plane

[Chorus]
Mother, I can see your candle
Burning bright to guide me back
Like it did when I was younger
When the world turned cold and black
(Coming home, coming home)

[Bridge]
Between these walls of service rendered
Between the boy and man I've grown
Your flame has never once surrendered
And shows the way back home
(Coming home, coming home)

[Final Chorus]
Mother, I can see your candle
Burning bright to guide me back
Like it did when I was younger
When the world turned cold and black
(I'm finally coming home)
(Your boy is coming home)
(Coming home, coming home)
[instrumental end]