| Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War) Lyrics |
| Nanci Griffith |
| She owned a hotel on the Jersey shore |
| She made her living sending sailors door to door |
| He was the small one with a crooked smile |
| Oh, he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the fourth of July |
| She ran the numbers they say she ran 'em clean |
| Those porcelain hands could keep a ledger even in her sleep |
| While he worked the Seabees in the Philippines |
| They say she made more money than you or I will ever see |
| Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore |
| If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four |
| 'Cuz love wore a halo back before the war |
| When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for |
| Solo |
| It was in the winter when he came home |
| He had to hold those porcelain hands just to keep her warm |
| So, they had a daughter they named her Stephanie Anne |
| Hey, they sent her off to Vassar to find herself a family man |
| Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore |
| If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four |
| 'Cuz love wore a halo back before the war |
| When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for |
| Solo(Dobro) |
| She sold the hotel it belongs to me |
| Now I watch those sailors come and go like the waves in the seas |
| A hotel portraits in the honeyoon suite |
| Now I hear they're fishin' their lives away in the Florida Keys |
| Love was an anchor on the Jersey shore |
| If you were looking for love, boys, you could've found it in forty-four |
| 'Cuz love wore a halo back before the war |
| When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for |
| Jersey shore |
| When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for |
| Jersey shore |
| When the men loved the women and the women knew what men were for |
| Jersey shore |