Chicago Story Lyrics - Bobby Bare

At the airport in Chicago Sunday night 

A soldier and his pretty wife came by 

She had brought him there to send him off to war 

I heard him say now don't cry anymore 

Unashamed they kissed each other there 

He ran his fingers through her pretty hair 

Once or twice she tried but could not speak 

I saw the teardrops rolling down her cheeks 

She said now don't you worry I'll be true 

I'll hope and pray no harm will come to you 

I thought to myself good Lord what a shame 

It made me stop and wonder who's to blame 

That airport looked so big and then so small 

I couldn't hold a teardrop back at all 

He turned and ran to catch his waiting plane 

She stood there crying calling out his name 

She watched his plane go up into the sky 

She waited until it was out of sight 

Then she smiled and I thought Lord 

She's lost her mind 

But she reached into her purse and got a dime 

She was smiling as she dropped the money in 

She was smiling as she let the number ring 

And as I left I heard her say into the phone 

I'll be over later lover boy he's gone