War is hell (On the homefront, too) (video)

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1. It was July hot in Georgia in 1942,

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all the men were off to war and the women had nothing to do.

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I was 16 and hungry, lookin' for my first taste of love,

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when I brought her groceries to her door, I didn't know how close I was.

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2. Her long blonde hair was flowing, and she smelled like sweet perfume,

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when I laid her groceries down,

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she said, you don't have to leave so soon.

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A woman sure gets lonely when her man's gone off to fight.

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She reached out for my tremblin' hand,

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as tear drops filled her eyes. And she said...

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War is hell on the homefront, too,

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God only knows what a woman goes through,

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she still needs what her man that's gone can't do.

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I can't fight this fire alone, stay with me until it's gone,

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ooh, war is hell on the homefront, too.

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2. It was July hot inside me as she led me to the bedroom door,

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the satin sheets and pleasure I never knew I could feel before.

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My first taste of lovin', was everything it shoulda been,

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when a woman's fightin' loneliness, it's a battle she can't win.

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I'll always remember what she did and what she said,

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but the one thing I remember most

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is the way she turned his picture over,

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face down on the table by her bed. And how she said….

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War is hell on the homefront, too,

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God only knows what a woman goes through,

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she still needs what her man that's gone can't do.

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I can't fight this fire alone, stay with me until it's gone,

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ooh, war is hell on the homefront, too.

+ repeat CHORUS (2x) ...

(T.G. Sheppard)