The Army Gave My Husband Back
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Life was so peaceful
In the apartment
Each month came
His army allotment
No fights, no fuss
No dinners to cook
Just a letter
Now and then
Dear John
And one day out of the blue
I couldn't believe it was true
He came dashing
Through the door
In his little GI suit
I hollered to him: "Harry
First take off your boots"
He said: "Your lover's home
Come here and kiss me gal
I said: "Wait a minute, stranger
Can't make love on metrical"
The Army gave my husband
Back to me
My home is now Barracks 33
My whole life is regimented
Since the Army
Gave my husband back to me
Yippee
He wakes me up at five
O'clock in the morning
By blowing reveley in my ear
At night we mess and eat
And then he calls retreat
Saying: "This is how we do it
In the army, dear"
Oh, give for those
Good old days
Cheek to cheek
And head to head
But since he's back
He's got brand new ways
He pitches his pup tent
At the foot of my bed
He tells me about
The Madame Versailles in Paris
He danced with some
And even kissed a few
He's telling the truth no doubt
But I bet he leaves a whole lot out
Hinky-dinky, parlez-vous
His heart is still GI
If you know what I mean
What used to be
The reading room
Now calls a latrine
And he never stops relating
How he used to keep it clean
That's the way
They do it in the Army
He goes inside
And locks the door
For hours it seems to me
After twenty years at last
He's got some privacy
He's always singing crazy songs
That he learned oversea
But whenever he gets
To a certain part
He just goes: "Dee-dee-dee"
Night and day
The same routine
From Taps to Reveille
That's the way
We do it in the Army
The other night he started in
To pitch a little woo
He seemed surprised to find
That I had learned
A trick or two
I never did get to tell him
Where I learned
But I'll tell you
That's the way
They do it in the Navy