The Day That I Met You

Jack woke up

At his desk

His feet up high

Remembering that it’s Tuesday

Goodbye

Whoa oh oh

He’s off to fight the war

Whoa oh no

And it makes daddy proud

His mother cries

As she packs the bags

Jackie takes the pictures

And wraps them in

His t-shirt

Gently

Whoa oh oh

Alive for one last look

Of use his eyes

Jackie’s eyes

See the man

Clear enough

To understand

Why he’s leavin’

With her here

He feels a guide

Gertrude asks will you forget

Will you forget me?

Betty cries, too

Jimmy won’t speak

Cursing his eyes

For a fucking week

He’s a true friend

To you

Whoa oh oh

The day is done, the sun is down

The moonlight

My mother, Sue

Grabs me tight

Father cried

And daddy never cries

Now that I’m leavin’

Gertrude looks,

Tiny eyes,

Says the way I see you now

Just like the day when I met you

Just like the day when I met you

He’s a friend

He’s a son

In our prayers

He lights a run

Until he was shot down

Until he was shot down

The day that I met you

Flowers rest

Next to Jackie’s name

Carved in stone

His brother’s also blooming