So, this song comes from my wife really, who's Japanese. She left a note welcoming our daughter home today from a visit to her boyfriend in Florida, which is her getting ready to move in down there but that was what She’s Gone was about. Seeing the Japanese word Okaeri, which translates into welcome back or welcome home, written down just reminded me how much our family says it just as an everyday phrase and how sometimes we take it for granted. So I decided to use it in a song about my son who’s in the army and how we want him back for good as well. It’s a bit of a tear jerker but I’m sure you all can hold ‘em in. Now the important part: Okaeri, is pronounced like this - O is oh, is kae is like kai in a Kaiser roll, ri is a little tough, it like dee but a soft d. I know you're all saying, "Huh?" So  you can say it like D the chord and get away with it, unless you're Japanese of course. Again, you’ll all hear for yourself once I figure out my recording sw. It’s sung kind of country folk-ish and I hope you all like it.

Okaeri or Welcome Home by Jeff Gilpin