Newsreels rattle the Nazi dread The able bodied have shipped away Molly McGee gets her tea leaves read You'll be married in a month they say These leaves are crazy Just look at this town there's no men left Just frail old boys and babies Talking to teacher in the treble clef She plants her garden in the spring She does the winter shoveling Tokyo Rose is talking on the radio She says,?I'm leaving here?, but she don't go Out of the blue, just pa**ing through A young flight sergeant on two weeks leave says "Molly McGee, no one else will do" And he seals the tea leaf prophecy Oh, those nights are strong and soft Private pa**ions and secret storms Nothing about him ticked her off And he looks so cute in his uniform She plants her garden in the spring
He does the winter shoveling But summer's just a sneeze in a long, long, bad winter cold Soon she says, "I'm leaving here", but she don't go Sleep, little darling This is your happy home Hiroshima cannot be pardoned Don't have kids when you get grown This world is shattered The wise are mourning, the fools are joking Oh, what does it matter The wash needs ironing and the fire needs stoking She plants her garden in the spring He does the winter shoveling Now there's three of them laughing 'round the radio She says, "I'm leaving here", but she don't go She plants her garden in the spring They do the winter shoveling They sit up late and watch the Johnny Carson Show She says, "I'm leaving here?, but she don't go, she don't go