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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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Take a look out to the east, where the sun will rise And think of all the possibility it brings And it's that which makes it seem a hope that life dead lies With its rationale that enslaves kings But now I can't escape the fact that it feels wrong to me And though the sun shines all the same I still feel lost Because illumination doesn't mean you get to see what matters Sometimes you buy the fear and know the cost Sometimes you have to buy the fear to know the cost And when I come marching home When I come marching home When Johnny comes marching home again to you I swear it'll be the last time I close my eyes and I can see a thousand scenes of happy ending But I'm relieved to wake up to the darkest sky The night feels clear, the course unchanged And a lonely wind gives call The darkest sky allows the brightest stars to steer your own ship by But now I can't escape the fact those dreams feel real to me And though before I've laid my siege and faced attack In the end, I must admit, I'm just the least bit terrified For the first time I look for home and I think of starting back For the first time, I think of starting back The heart that beats Is a heart that grows And through torrid gales I hold the wheel, because I know Where you are Is where I'll be But it's who you are That already gives comfort to me And should the dawn ever decide to set me free Perhaps in a new way by the light of day I could learn to face the sunrise But that still remains for you and I to see Cause now I'm able to escape that I'm alone in this And though before I've always taken it that way And though I'm not used to the exercise I can offer you my hand I might even learn to love the light of day I might even learn to love the light of day And when I come marching home When I come marching home When Johnny comes marching home again to you I swear it'll be the last time Because this time I want to stay I won't ever want to go away And when I come marching home again to you I swear it'll be the last time Warning: mktime() expects parameter 6 to be long, string given in /home/dmallick/public_html/music/song_display.php on line 227

This song has not been released. Earliest time played: 05/17/1993 Last time played: 09/11/1997 Playing frequency:   3 plays (see all shows)   0.16% of shows in the database   0.20% of shows since debut   Detailed statistics Song information:    When this made its return in 1997 after a four-year hiatus, rumors abounded that it was going to be included on the scrapped concept album The Sun, The Storm, & The Traveler.