Kerst 1966. Roy Orbison maakt zich niet heel populair met een lied dat over de Burgeroorlog lijkt te gaan maar in die dagen natuurlijk met de aan de gang zijnde oorlog wordt geassocieerd, evenals het oorspronkelijk ook door de Big O gezongen Distant drums, dat in 1966 een enorme postume hit was voor Jim Reeves.
Maar hoeveel oorlogloze jaren heeft de VS verder gekend? Ze zijn aan de vingers van enkele handen te tellen.
Listen all you people
Try and understand
You may be a soldier
Woman, child or man
But there won’t be many coming home
No, there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many
Maybe ten out of twenty
But there won’t be many coming home
Now the old folks will remember
On that dark and dismal day
How their hearts were choked with pride
As their children marched away
Now the glory is all gone
They are left alone
And there won’t be many coming home
No, there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many
Maybe five out of twenty
But there won’t be many coming home
Look real closely at the soldier
Coming at you through the haze
He may be the younger brother who ran away
And before you kill another
Listen to what I say
Oh, there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many
There may not be any
But there won’t be many coming home
If they all came back but one
He was still some mother’s son
And there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many coming home
Oh, there won’t be many coming home…
