This Is The Army - Stage Door Canteen Lyrics

1946 Broadway
This Is The Army the Musical - Stage Door Canteen Lyrics

The song is written by Irving Berlin.

Old Mister Absent-Minded, that's me
Just as forgetful as I can be
I've got the strangest sort of a mind
I'm always leaving something behind

I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen
(At the Stage Door Canteen)
I left it there with a girl named Eileen
(A girl named Eileen, she stole his heart away)

I kept her serving doughnuts
Till all she had were gone
I sat there dunking doughnuts
Till she caught on (Till she caught on)

I must go back to the Army routine
(The Army routine)
And every dough-boy knows what that will mean
(Know what you mean by routine)

A soldier boy without a heart
Has two strikes on him from the start
And my heart's at the Stage Door Canteen

(We must go back to the Stage Door Canteen)
(And every dough-boy knows what that will mean)

A soldier boy without a heart
Has two strikes on him from the start
And my heart's at the Stage Door Canteen
(My heart is at the Stage Door Canteen)

This Is The Army the Musical Lyrics

Opening Chorus
This Is The Army, Mr. Jones
I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
The Army’s Made a Man Out of Me
Mandy
Ladies of the Chorus
That Russian Winter
What the Well Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear
American Eagles
Head in the Clouds
Stage Door Canteen
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
This Time Is the Last Time