Study war no more
  Lay down your arms
  Study war no more
  Lay 'em down, lay 'em down now
  Study war no more
  Lay down your arms
  Study war no more
  Newsreels rattle the Nazi 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' thru
  A 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