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 SMELT 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 A 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 IS 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 
HER SATIN SHEETS 

AND PLEASURES 
I NEVER KNEW 
I'D 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 IS 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 IS 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