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 cheeks She said now
don't you worry I'll be true I'll 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 then so
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turned and ran to catch his waiting plane She
stood there crying calling out his name 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