T.G. Sheppard – War Is Hell (On The Homefront Too), is a song written by Curly Putman, Bucky Jones and Dan Wilson, and recorded by American country music artist T. G. Sheppard. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album Perfect Stranger. The song was Sheppard’s 11th No. 1 song on the Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1982. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.

The story about a teenaged boy’s sexual initiation by a married woman whose husband was stationed on the front lines in World War II. The song is sung in the first person, from the perspective of the teenage boy.

T.G. Sheppard – War Is Hell (On The Homefront Too)
From the album Perfect Stranger
B-side «In Another Minute»
Released July 1982
Genre Country
Length 3:25
Label Warner Bros./Curb
Songwriter(s) Curly Putman Bucky Jones Dan Wilson
Producer(s) Buddy Killen

COUNTRYPEDIA

T.G. Sheppard – War Is Hell (On The Homefront Too) Lyrics

It was July hot in Georgia in 1942
All the men were off to war and the women had nothing to do
I was sixteen and hungry for my first taste of love
When I brought the groceries to her door I didn’t know how close I was

Her long blond hair was flowing and she smelled like sweet perfume
When I laid the groceries down she said you don’t have to leave so soon
A woman sure gets lonely when her man’s gone off to fight
She reached out for my trembling hand as teardrops filled her eyes then she said

War is hell on the homefront God only knows what a woman goes through
She still needs what a man that’s gone can’t do
I can’t fight this fire alone stay with me until it’s gone
Oh war is hell on the homefront too

It was July hot inside me as she lead me to her bedroom door
The satin sheets and pleasures I never knew I could feel before
My first taste of loving was everything that it should have been
When a woman’s fighting loneliness it’s a battle she can’t win

I’ll always remember what she did and what she said
But the one thing that I’ll remember most
Is the way she turned his picture over
Face down on the table by her bed then she said

War is hell on the homefront too God only knows what a woman goes through
She still needs what a man that’s gone can’t do
I can’t fight this fire alone stay with me until it’s gone
Oh war is hell on the homefront too

GENIUS