| Lyrics: | When I was mustered out
I thought without a doubt
That I was through with all my care and
strife
I thought that I was then
The happiest of men
But after months of tough
civilian life
Gee, I wish I was back in the Army
The Army wasn't really bad at
all
Three meals a day
For which you didn't pay
Uniforms for winter, spring and
fall
There's a lot to be said for the Army
The life without
responsibility
A soldier out of luck
Was really never stuck
There's always
someone higher up where you can pass the buck
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the
Army
[2nd chorus for female:]
Gee, I wish I was back in the Army
The Army was
the place to find romance
Soldiers and WACS
The WACS who dressed in
slacks
Dancing cheek to cheek and backs to backs
There's a lot to be said for the
Army
A gal was never lost for company
A million handsome guys
With longing in
their eyes
And all you had to do was pick the age, the weight, the size
Oh, gee, I wish I
was back in the Army
[3]
Gee, I wish I was back in the Army
The shows we got
civilians couldn't see
How we would yell for Dietrich and Cornell
Jolson, Hope and
Benny all for free
There's a lot to be said for the Army
The best of doctors watched
you carefully
A dentist and a clerk
For weeks and weeks they'd work
They'd make
a thousand dollar job and give it to a jerk
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the
Army
[coda:]
Three meals a day
For which you didn't pay
A million
handsome guys
With longing in their eyes
I thought that I was through with all my care
and strife
But after months and months of tough civilian life
Oh, gee
I wish I was
back in the Army now |
