Welcome Home

Lyrics

[JAMES] We held on through that storm The clouds have finally parted And we're safe and warm [LADYBUG & GRASSHOPPER] Take a breath Sing a song Finally, we've landed Right where we belong [CENTIPEDE] Unwind [EARTHWORM] Unpack [CENTIPEDE & EARTHWORM & SPIDER] We'll always have your back [BUGS & JAMES & LADAHLORD] Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home, my friend [GRASSHOPPER] You were lost on the sea But you're safe here with me 'Til the end [SPIDER & CENTIPEDE] We're staying right here [CENTIPEDE] Buddy, now ain't that swell [COMPANY] Welcome home [JAMES, spoken] And this family of ours went on to do some remarkable things.  [CENTIPEDE, spoken] I became a world-famous designer of fabulous shoes.  [SPIDER, spoken] I used my web to build the most amazing bridges the world has ever seen! [EARTHWORM, spoken] And I became a social activist, forming BAIT: Bugs Against Insensitive Terminology.  [EARTHWORM, sung] You got me I got you [SPIDER] Always gonna be a pal to pull ya through [CENTIPEDE] When you're down, feeling low [GRASSHOPPER] Now you have a home where you can always go [LADYBUG] An open door [EARTHWORM] A warm bed [BUGS] A nest to rest your head [BUGS & JAMES & LADAHLORD] Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home, my friend [LADYBUG & JAMES] Like a tune you can hum When your journey has come to an end [BUGS] We're staying right here [SPIDER] Weaving a tale to tell [COMPANY] Welcome home [GRASSHOPPER, spoken] Grasshopper and Ladybug got married (Welcome home) and had many, many children (Welcome home) of their own.  [LADYBUG, spoken] But always thought of James (Welcome home) as their firstborn son. (Welcome home) [JAMES, spoken] And James Henry Trotter, who had been (Welcome home) the saddest and loneliest little boy you could find (Welcome home), suddenly had the very best family in the entire (Welcome home) world.  [GRASSHOPPER, spoken] As for the enormous peach pit, (Welcome home) we turned it into the most wonderful home where this (Welcome home) unlikely family still lives today. (Welcome home) [LADAHLORD, spoken] And when James grew up, he traveled the world (Welcome home) telling children everywhere about his amazing adventures (Welcome home) on the giant peach. And that, my dear audience, (Welcome home) is exactly what you have just seen. I told you it was all true! [COMPANY] Welcome home Welcome home [GRASSHOPPER & LADYBUG] Just like a father and a mother [COMPANY] Home Welcome home [CENTIPEDE & SPIDER & EARTHWORM] Just like a sister and a brother [COMPANY] Home Welcome home [BUGS/JAMES/LADAHLORD & ENSEMBLE ] Oh, we'll always have each other Don't care where you roam You can always come back home (Come back home) [COMPANY] Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home, my friend (Welcome home, welcome home) We're along for the ride And we'll stick by your side till the end (Welcome home, Welcome home) We're staying right here Doesn't it feel real swell Well, well, well Welcome home!