IT WAS JU LY
HOT IN GEOR GIA
IN 1 9 4 2
ALL THE MEN
WERE OFF TO WAR
AND THE WO MEN
HAD NO THIN' TO DO
I WAS SIX TEEN
AND HUN GRY
LOOK IN' FOR MY
FIRST TASTE OF LOVE
WHEN I BROUGHT
THE GRO CERIES
TO HER DOOR
I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW CLOSE I WAS
HER LONG BLONDE HAIR
WAS FLO WIN'
AND SHE SMELLED
LIKE SWEET PER FUME
WHEN I LAID
THE GRO CERIES DOWN
SHE SAID
YOU DON'T HAVE
TO LEAVE SO SOON
A WO MAN
SURE GETS LONE LY
WHEN HER MAN'S
GONE OFF TO FIGHT
SHE REACHED OUT
FOR MY TREMB LIN' HAND
AS TEAR DROPS
FILLED HER EYES
THEN SHE SAID
WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
GOD ON LY KNOWS
WHAT A WO MAN
GOES THROUGH
SHE STILL NEEDS
WHAT A MAN
WHO'S GONE CAN'T DO
I CAN'T FIGHT
THIS FIRE A LONE
STAY WITH ME
UN TIL IT'S GONE
OOH WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
IT WAS JU LY HOT
IN SIDE ME
AS SHE LED ME
TO HER BED ROOM DOOR
WITH SA TIN SHEETS
AND PLEA SURES
I NE VER KNEW
I'D FEEL BE FORE
MY FIRST TASTE OF LO VIN'
WAS EVE RY THING
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
WHEN A WO MAN'S
FIGHT IN' LONE LI NESS
IT'S A BAT TLE
SHE CAN'T WIN
I'LL AL WAYS RE MEM BER
WHAT SHE DID
AND WHAT SHE SAID
BUT THE ONE THING
I RE MEM BER MOST
WAS THE WAY
SHE TURNED
HIS PIC TURE O VER
FACE DOWN
ON THE TA BLE
BY HER BED
AND HOW SHE SAID
WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
GOD ON LY KNOWS
WHAT A WO MAN
GOES THROUGH
SHE STILL NEEDS
WHAT A MAN
WHO'S GONE CAN'T DO
I CAN'T FIGHT
THIS FIRE A LONE
STAY WITH ME
UN TIL IT'S GONE
OOH WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
GOD ON LY KNOWS
WHAT A WO MAN
GOES THROUGH
SHE STILL NEEDS
WHAT A MAN
WHO'S GONE CAN'T DO
I CAN'T FIGHT
THIS FIRE A LONE
STAY WITH ME
UN TIL IT'S GONE
OOH WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
GOD ON LY KNOWS
WHAT A WO MAN
GOES THROUGH
SHE STILL NEEDS
WHAT A MAN
WHO'S GONE CAN'T DO
I CAN'T FIGHT
THIS FIRE A LONE
STAY WITH ME
UN TIL IT'S GONE
OOH WAR IS HELL
ON THE HOME FRONT TOO
