Sailing Home for Christmas — текст песни (Doug Stone)

They looked out their windows at the ocean that surrounds them
In the service of their country, sailing to a foreign shore.
Tomorrow will be Christmas, and they wish that they could be home.
Their wives and children need them, but their country needs them more.

But they`ll be sailing home for Christmas, sailing home for Christmas,
Where a welcome candle in the window gleams.
They`ll be sailing home for Christmas, sailing home for Christmas,
Sailing home for Christmas in their dreams.

Tomorrow, they`ll serve turkey and they`ll sing the Christmas carols,
They`ll talk about their families, their mothers and their sons.
It`s the strangest condradiction, singing songs of peace and sharing
As they man the battle stations, hoping war will never come.

But they`ll be sailing home for Christmas, sailing home for Christmas,
Where a welcome candle in the window gleams.
They`ll be sailing home for Christmas, sailing home for Christmas,
Sailing home for Christmas in their dreams.

And maybe someday they won`t have to be there anymore,
When we all start to live the things we have Christmas for.

They`ll be sailing home for Christmas, sailing home for Christmas,
Where a welcome candle in the window gleams.
They`ll be sailing home for Christmas, sailing home for Christmas,
Sailing home for Christmas in their dreams.