When the shells stop exploding / In our backyards / When all will be quiet / We’ll be picking up the shards.

Oh baby be true, be true to me / A soldier boy needs all the love he can find ...

Firing cannons in the desert heat / What a way to spend your summer, oh yeah

Your gun is like your girlfriend / Your gun is like your wife / If you treat it like you love it / It might someday save your life

But there's a bright side out there somewhere / Where the everyday ain't so mean ...