War Is A-Coming Lyrics

War is a-coming girl

Launder them sheets

We'll hang in shelters

Reading the papers, watching flicks

War is a-coming girl

Stash away them kids

We'll be hitting the bed soon

Counting rockets for sheep

And all the while

Heaven's a folk-dancing ballroom in swing

Missiles are kissing, what a thing!

Our bed has thrown in the towel, you win

Fear of God out the ring

Still, my neighbor reads Psalms, and hymns

War is a-coming girl

No cloud is in sight

The white doves all hawked

Madness our town's plight

Let's get the hell out of here, you say

Deck our passports flush

We'll travel to foreign lands

Buy rainbow sheets, make them blush

And all the while

Heaven's a folk-dancing ballroom in swing

Missiles are kissing, what a thing!

Our bed has thrown in the towel, you win

Fear of God out the ring

Still, my neighbor reads Psalms, and hymns

How about we head down to the beach

It's peaceful and quiet, just us and the shells

Bag some grapes, an apple, a peach

You slip away to change, I peek at someone else

And all the while

Heaven's a folk-dancing ballroom in swing

Missiles are kissing, what a thing!

Our bed has thrown in the towel, you win

Fear of God out the ring

Alas, my neighbor no longer reads neither Psalms nor hymns

War is a-coming

Wash down them whites

Thread the needle right

Sew them flags, white

Yes, war is a-coming

Wash down them whites

Thread the needle tight

Shrouds are on order, tonight