fathers are pleading lovers are all alone mothers are prayin send our sons back home tell em bout it you marched them away yes you did now on ships and planes to a senseless war facing death in vain bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive why dont you turn the ships around everybody oughta lay your weapons down cant you see em marchin cross the sky all the soldiers that have died tryin to get home cant you see them tryin to get home tryin to get home theyre tryin to get home cease all fire on the battlefield tell em bout it enough men have already been wounded and killed bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive why dont you turn the ships around everybody oughta lay your weapons down mothers fathers and lovers cant you see them tryin to get home cant you see them tryin to get home have mercy tryin to get home tryin to get home bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive bring the boys home bring em back alive what they doin over there now bring em back alive when we need em over here now bring em back alive what they doin over there now bring em back alive when we need em over here now bring em back alive bring em all bring em all home bring em back alive bring em all bring em home now bring em back alive what they doin over there now bring em back alive when we need em over here now bring em back alive what they doin over there now bring em back alive when we need em over here now bring em back alive bring em all bring em all home bring em back alive bring em all bring em home now bring em back alive what they doin over there now bring em back alive when we need em over here now bring em back alive what they doin over there now bring em back alive when we need em over here now bring em back alive bring em all bring em all home bring em back alive bring em all bring em home now bring em back alive