Sheppard served in Pharaoh's Army Nineteen sixty-eight
Came home with his body parts intact
Spent a year inside his room smoking cigarettes
Never talked about it after that
verse 2
Shep and I got married on the day Nixon resigned
Honeymooned down Mexicali way
Sometimes when he held me tight he'd look like he was blind
Or staring at a graveyard far away
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
verse 3
For thirteen years my love grew for this solitary man
Who reacted strong when anyone would cross me
With hard looks, fisticuffs, if it came to that
He did the little things that said he loved me
verse 4
And in the morning he would cook for me and drop me off to work
Kiss me on the cheek to start my day
There was no warning the last time, he would not come no more
There was no time to memorize his face
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
Or tell him that he's late for dinner
Verse 5
Now I almost went to look for him, but couldn't find the nerve
Something there did not sit right with me
I realize this battle is not what I deserved
Chasing Israelites through parted seas
And if he blew in through that doorway today
Like a long-forgotten echo of winter
I don't know if I'd shoot him in the face
Or tell him that he's late for dinner