Church bells rang out in the streets For the men coming home from overseas And our town breathed a sigh of relief Like a curse had been lifted Well we stand while we watch the parade we ate popcorn and drank lemonade With the sun on the faces We played the streets of New England I can see when he stepped of the bus As he made his way over to us He's not the same man as he was Before he enlisted
And she stood over there alone in the door And said "Mama don't cry anymore Now that daddy's come home from the war Everything's will be different" When the hot summer sun went down Mama put on her green evening gown They went out for a night on the town The streets of New England