[00:00.44]Artist:emmylou harris [00:01.06]Songs Title:calling my children home [00:02.37]Those lives were mine to love and cherish. [00:08.09]To guard and guide along lifes way. [00:13.04] [00:13.91]Oh God forbid that one should perish. [00:19.81]That one alas should go astray. [00:25.27] [00:26.03]Back in the years with all together, [00:30.99] [00:31.98]Around the place wed romp and play. [00:37.81] [00:38.44]So lonely now and oft times wonder, [00:44.14] [00:44.71]Oh will they come back home some day. [00:50.23] [00:51.69]I'm lonesome for my precious children, [00:57.23] [00:58.23]They live so far away. [01:04.03] [01:05.09]Oh may they hear my calling...calling.. [01:16.78]And come back home some day. [01:22.29] [01:23.55]I gave my all for my dear children, [01:29.15] [01:29.78]Their problems still with love I share, [01:35.54]I'd brave lifes storm, defy the tempest [01:42.44]To bring them home from anywhere. [01:48.52] [01:49.33]I lived my life my love I gave them, [01:55.60]To guide them through this world of strife, [02:02.00]I hope and pray well live together, [02:07.72] [02:08.33]In that great glad here after life. [02:14.54] [02:15.48]I'm lonesome for my precious children, [02:21.94]They live so far away. [02:27.53] [02:29.34]Oh may they hear my calling...calling.. and come back home some day.