Welcome Home Soldier
1990 · Lamon LR 10234 · North Carolina
- Artist
- The Moody Brothers
- Title
- Welcome Home Soldier
- Release
- Welcome Home Soldier
- Year
- 1990
- Label
- Lamon # LR 10234
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- North Carolina, USA
- Songwriter
- Carlton & David Moody, Lynn Payne
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Welcome Home Soldier (Moody Brothers, The) Post-war 90s, pop. Mistreatment of vet. P.O.W., patriotic Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Praise to the vets - we carried peace signs to bring you home 20 years ago (Vietnam) But you felt neglected when you came back home Reference to the TV war, yellow ribbons (P.O.W.s) Current war - Gulf War - worth fighting for.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Welcome home, soldier, you've been away far too long. Every hour we have missed you, every day that you've been gone. Twenty years ago we carried signs, for you to be sent home. But when you finally got back here, you felt betrayed and all alone.
Notes
Lamon Records LR 10234-7 (U-29789), "Founded 1962", manufactured by Lamon Records, a subsidiary of Moody Music Group Inc., P.O. Box 25371, Charlotte, NC 28229, ℗© 1990. Both sides carry "Welcome Home Soldier" (lyrics Lynn Payne, music Carlton Moody/David Moody), 3:55, Laymond Pub. Co., Inc., BMI, produced by the Moody Brothers for CDT Productions, engineer David Moody: side A with a "Pledge of Allegience" tag and side B with a 30-second "Local Soldier" tag. The picture sleeve prints the full lyrics over a faint flag image. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Demonstration · Pro-Soldier · TV War · Mistreatment of Vet · First Gulf War · Yellow Ribbon · Patriotic · Flag · Vietnam Analogy