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The Chicago Story
Bobby Bare
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At the airport in Chicago Sunday night
A soldier and his pretty wife came by
She had brought him there to send him off to war
I heard him say, "Now don't cry anymore"
Unashamed, they kissed each other there
He ran his fingers through her pretty hair
Once or twice she tried but could not speak
I saw the teardrops rolling down her cheek
She said, "Now don't you worry, I'll be true
I hope and pray no harm will come to you"
I thought to myself, "Good Lord, what a shame"
It made me stop and wonder who's to blame
That airport looked so big and them so small
I couldn't hold a teardrop back at all
He turned and ran to catch his waiting plane
She stood there crying, calling out his name
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She watched his plane go up into the sky
She waited until it was out of sight
Then she smiled and I thought, "Lord, she's lost her mind"
But she reached into her purse and got a dime
She was smiling as she dropped the money in
She was smiling as she let the number ring
And as I left, I heard her say into the phone
"I'll be over later, lover boy, he's gone"
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