Chords with lyrics
[Verse 1]
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Just a picture on a table, just some letters Mama saved
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and a costume brooch from England that has on the back engraved
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"To Eileen, I love you, London, 1943"
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But she never heard from him again, and he never heard of me
[CHORUS]
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and the war still ain't over for Mama
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Every night in her dreams she still sees
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The young face of someone who brought her
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Silver medals and sweet memories
[Verse 2]
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In Mama's bedroom closet, to this day on her top shelf
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There's a flag folded 3-cornered, layin' all by itself
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and The sergeant would surely be honored to know how pretty she still is
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and that after all these lonely years, his Eileen still lives
[Chorus]
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and the war still ain't over for Mama
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Every night in her dreams she still sees
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The young face of someone who brought her
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