Karaoké War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too) T. G. Sheppard

It was July hot in Georgia in nineteen forty-two

All the men were off to war and the women had nothin' to do

I was sixteen and hungry

Lookin' for my first taste of love

When I brought the groceries to her door

I didn't know how close I was

Her long blonde hair was flowin' and she smelled like sweet perfume

When I laid the groceries down she said You don't have to leave so soon

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

She reached out for my tremblin' hand as teardrops filled her eyes

Then she said

War is hell on the homefront too

God only knows what a woman goes through

She still needs what a man that's gone can't do

I can't fight this fire alone

Stay with me until it's gone

Ooh war is hell on the homefront too

It was July hot inside me as she led me to her bedroom door

The satin sheets and pleasures

I never knew I could feel before

My first taste of lovin' was everything it should have been

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

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

But the one thing

I remember most was the way she turned his picture over

Face down on the table by her bed

And how she said

War is hell on the homefront too

God only knows what a woman goes through

She still needs what a man that's gone can't do

I can't fight this fire alone

Stay with me until it's gone

Ooh war is hell on the homefront too

War is hell on the homefront too

God only knows what a woman goes through

She still needs what a man that's gone can't do

I can't fight this fire alone

Stay with me until it's gone

Ooh war is hell on the homefront too

War is hell on the homefront too

God only knows what a woman goes through

She still needs what a man that's gone can't do

I can't fight this fire alone

Stay with me until it's gone

Ooh war is hell on the homefront too