I remember barrack one seven zero
How we polished up the windows and the floor
And the times that we ran jankers
Until we couldn't take it any more

All because of a night on the town
We were out there havin' a ball
We bumped into the barrack Sergeant
But the two of us were out AWOL

I wrote this song for you Bob
I wrote this song for you
In memory of a very good friend
Bob you were a brave man too

I wrote this song for you Bob
I know what you went through
Life goes on, so does a song
So I wrote this one for you

I remember when I got my furlough
How it felt to be a little bit free
Then I got your mother's letter
I wondered why she wrote to me
I see those words like yesterday
I never thought that I could weep
She asked me to 'phone you to cheer you up
'Cause they said you wouldn't last a week

I wrote this song for you Bob
I wrote this song for you
In memory of a very good friend
Bob you were a brave man too

I wrote this song for you Bob
I know what you went through
Life goes on, so does a song
So I wrote this one for you

I remember well the day that it happened
They say you never even shed a tear
And you knew that you were going
I only wish I could have been near

And so did a certain sad little girl
Who always said that she would wait
And now and again she has been seen
Standing at the barrack gate

I wrote this song for you Bob
I wrote this song for you
In memory of a very good friend
Bob you were a brave man too
I wrote this song for you Bob
I know what you went through
Life goes on, so does a song
So I wrote this one for you

I wrote this song for you Bob
I know what you went through
Life goes on, so does a song
So I wrote this one for you