Story Behind The Song

This song got it's start on a returning flight from San Jose to Omaha. The idea of expressing the feeling of a soldier as he returns intrigued me. Several days later I was asked to participate in the funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq. I was struck by

Song Description

Soldier comes home on leave, returns to war. Returns a second time beneath the stars and stripes.

Lyrics

SOMEONE"S WAITING Copyright Rae Welch 2006

Verse:
I feel the wheels touch the runway
Soon they'll shut those engines down
Bring that walkway to the cabin door
I'll have my feet back on the ground

Verse:
The last few hours of this journey
Have been the longest of my life
In just minutes now, I'll be holding
My baby girl and my sweet wife

Chorus:
Someone's waiting, I can feel it
I can taste my welcome home
Will they know me, have I changed
From all the hell I've known
We've been apart more than a year
This war's not over, but now I'm here
...and someone's waiting

Bridge:
A soldier's leave isn't all that long
Those engines sing their goodbye song
...and someone's waiting

Verse:
The honor guard waits on the runway
There's daddy's little girl and his wife
He's coming home, he'll never leave again
He lies beneath the stars and stripes

Chorus:
Someone's waiting, can you feel it
Can you taste his welcome home
Did you know him, has it changed you
Did you share the hell he's known
He's been away more than a year
But now it's over and he's here
...and someone's waiting

Tag:
Yes it's over and he's here
...and someone's waiting...someone's waiting

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