[Intro]
      
      

[Verse 1]
           
God on high,  

       
       hear  m

          
y  prayer
        
In my need    

             
you have alway

             
s been there
           
He is young,  

  
          he's

        
 afraid
        
Let him rest, 

           
   heaven bles

                  
sed.

[Chorus]
            
Bring him home

          
,     bring hi

          
m home,   brin

      
g him home.

[Bridge]
            
  He's like th

              
e son I might 

     
have known,
            
  If God had g

            
ranted me a so

n.
            
The summers di

           
e one by one, 

              
how soon they 


fly
           
On and on, and

            
 I am old, and

              
 will be gone.

[Verse 2]
             
Bring him peac

     
e,        brin

          
g him joy
          
He is young,  

             
 he is only a 

    
boy
            
You can take, 

  
           you

          
 can  give
       
Let him be,   

         
 let him live.

[Chorus]
        
If I die,     

          
let me die,
            
Let him live,

 
         
Bring him home

    
,             

       
bring him home

  
,
       
Bring him home

    
.