There Won't Be Many Coming Home

Roy Orbison

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Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), also known by the nickname 'The Big O', was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling… more »


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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

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Written by: Bill Dees, William M. Dees, Roy Orbison

Lyrics © Orbi-Lee Music, Barbara Orbison Music Company, Wordfarmer Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, R-Key Darkus

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