Newsreels rattle the [bad word] 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!
 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 shovelling
 Tokyo Rose on the radio
 She says she's leavin' but she don't go

 Out of the blue just passin' [bad word]  young flight sergeant
 On two weeks leave
 Says "Molly McGee no one else will do!"
 And seals the tea-leaf prophecy
 Oh these nights are strong and soft
 Private passions and secret storms
 Nothin' about him ticks her off
 And he looks so cute in his uniform

 She plants her garden in the spring
 He does the winter shovelling
 But summer's just a sneeze
 In a long long bad winter cold
 She says "I'm leavin' here" but she don't go

 "Sleep little darlin'!
 This is your happy home
 Hiroshima cannot be pardoned!
 Don't have kids when you get grown
 Because 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 shovelling
 The three of 'em laughing 'round the radio
 She says "I'm leavin' here" but she don't go

 She plants her garden in the spring
 They do the winter shovelling
 They sit up late and watch the
 Johnny Carson show
 She says "I'm leavin' here but she don't go