thirty days in the stockades is what a kiss will cost lieutenant blue Lyrics

He got the letter two days from shipping out

It was an R.S.V.P. from the girl

That he had said nothing to, now she's a bride-to-be

It must really take balls to up and go awol

He knocks the door while she was flipping through a magazine, picking out color schemes

He gave his due congratulations and said he'd loved her since they were teens

She said it's no time to talk, he said let's go for a walk

Outside, where we used to hide

From my parents and the world, our suspicions unconfirmed

So kiss me, or walk away if you can manage to

Ooh, you know she loves him back,

But her life's moving too fast and a kiss won't turn it back but they'll try

If only for tonight

He counts the days off of a standard issue calendar, picturing life without her

The missile hits on the west propeller, but he had time to seal the door

And it's holding for now as he begins his descent,

He's stuck sitting around till his oxygen's spent

One more cold day to cross out, what a cruel coinciden-