You Seldom Come to See Me Anymore

What's your hurry, can't you stay and pass an hour away?

And we'll sit and dream awhile by candlelight

For when the long day's over, that's the time I fear the most

When I hear your footsteps fade into the night

You're restless, tell me why there's a teardrop in your eye

And I've seen it there a hundred times before

And I know you're going to leave me and it always breaks my heart

For you seldom come to see me any more

I well recall that day when my ship it sailed away

To a far off distant land across the sea

Where a cruel war was raging, where time was standing still

And blind hatred was the order of the day

You're restless, tell me why there's a teardrop in your eye

And I've seen it there a hundred times before

And I know you're going to leave me and it always breaks my heart

For you seldom come to see me any more

I know it can't be fair for a soldier's wife to hear

How he helped to keep his country proud and free

And no brass nor fancy ribbons can ever ease the pain

When he comes back half the man he used to be

You're restless, tell me why there's a teardrop in your eye

And I've seen it there a hundred times before

And I know you're going to leave me and it always breaks my heart

For you seldom come to see me any more

You seldom come to see me any more