My father was a haystack man, always said son go find what you can
Said the guns get jammed up in the sand, don't let them try to fool you

I said but daddy we ain't fightin' the Cong no more
He said you're going over there to lose the very same war
I said nothin' you can do is gonna make me stay,
Gotta let others have their glory day

But you know the whole town's getting' together in Leeland's barn
Everyone's getting' their nice shoes on
Girls are all cuttin' up their confirmation dresses
Streets will be empty tomorrow as the whole town confesses

It's a barn storming yeah,
Gonna leave my bed tomorrow
It's gonna be a barn stormin' yeah,
Won't hold a head of sorrow
'Cause it's a lovely heartbreak, a lovely heartbreak

Now Ginny she was up to no good,
As up to no good as she could sometimes be
I used to lie awake at night,
Just thinkin' about her being up to no good with me
But tonight she said just like the flower to the bees,
I'm gonna give you a little somethin' before you go overseas
All I could do was stammer,
Yes, yes please look in the other direction

It's a barn storming yeah,
Gonna leave my bed tomorrow
It's gonna be a barn stormin' yeah,
Won't hold a head of sorrow
'Cause it's a lovely heartbreak, a lovely heartbreak

'Cause I never been laid and so it goes,
Never danced before so stoned
It was the first time I didn't want to go,
Now I wish I could take it all back again

She spit in my hand,
Said boy I'm gonna make you a man
It was all I could do to stand and ask the levy to hold

It's a barn storming yeah,
Gonna leave my bed tomorrow
It's gonna be a barn stormin' yeah,
Won't hold a head of sorrow
Cause it's a lovely heartbreak, a lovely heartbreak