Author Unknown
When the last line has been cast and you're left all alone, you wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
When it's the 27th of the month and you've only .84 cents, You Wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
When the car won't start and the nice man says, "Only $65", you wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
When the washer won't wash, the dryer won't dry and the vacuum won't vac all in one day, You wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
You stop and count and find that in 16 years you've spent half the time alone, You wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
It's Christmas morning with all the shining faces and you're hoping the bikes hold together, You wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
For days on end you wait and all the mailman brings is "Occupant" You wonder:
"Why did I marry a Sailor?"
The one morning you find all the lines are crossed out, it's time for the "BIG FISH" to come home. While you watch them pull in, the lump in your throat grows.
"You KNOW why you Married a Sailor!"
You remember all the other homecommings, the look in his eyes when he sees you, the gentleness as he hugs each child,
"You KNOW why you married a Sailor!"
The feel of his hand on your arm and the way he says "Hi Hon, you look great."
"You KNOW why you married a Sailor!"
You wake up in the night to a strange sound, that's him breathing.
"You KNOW why you married a sailor!"
you snuggle down, his arms hold you close,
"I KNOW why I married MY SAILOR!"
Author Unknown
When the last line has been cast and you're left all alone, You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When you've been gone only three months and you're writing those dreadful words in a letter, "Honey, send more money." Knowing that she is already doing without. You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When you know that clunker of a car you left her with needed three more days of work before you left, and all you had time to do was change the oil.
You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When the last week you were in (that was supposed to be a stand-down), every piece of gear in your division broke down. You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When you stop and count and find in sixteen years you have a grand total of $275 in saving. You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When it's Christmas morning and you're sitting alone on the mess decks after having the mid watch. You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When it's 0200 and you're lying in your rack looking up at the picture of your wife and new baby, and thinking he'll be walking by the time you get back. You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
When the last time you could mail a letter was two months ago. You wonder:
Why did she marry a sailor?
Then, one morning you finally hear the word, "We've just passed Papa
Hotel."
Then you finally see her standing on the pier in her new dress with the little one in his new sailor suit and a tear forms in your eye.
You know why she married a sailor!
When you remember all of the other homecomings, the look of love in her eyes when she sees you, the feel of her touch again, the pride you feel when you see your child, the feeling of the honeymoon all over again.
You know why she married a sailor!
When you wake in the middle of the night and find that she's nearly pushed you off the bed while seeking body heat.
You know why she married a sailor!
And when you're both old and gray and still acting like teenagers because of all the time you've spent apart.
YOU KNOW WHY SHE MARRIED A SAILOR
