They were eighteen and twenty-four He told her he had been to war She loved him from the minute that he spoke She took him in he had her pegged She took a razor to her leg You could hardly read it through the blood It said I love bob On the third day it began to rain She said bob I just can't stand the pain He said catch a ride hey babe I gotta go So she drove down to emergency And the nurse in the infirmary Cleaned it with an antiseptic swab It said I love bob It's been fifteen years she's thirty-three Five years ago she married me Misfortunes of the past have been discussed But sometimes no when she's alone In bed or taking off her clothes She traces with her fingers around the scars It says I love bob