I was stationed in San Diego
So homesick and alone
So one day I went down
To a bookstore in town
And I bought a paper from home
Took it back to the base to read it
And it suddenly felt like lead
Cause halfway through
I saw a picture of you
And by your picture it said
"Mister and Mistress
Harrison Carter
Are pleased to pass the word
Of the forthcoming marriage
Of their daughter Judy
To John Mason Whitney the Third"
So I put in for a furlough
I just had to get home in time
Why I couldn't let this John
Steal away the one
The one that's supposed to be mine
But my thumb just couldn't get me here
Quite fast enough somehow
If it could have don't you see
I probably wouldn't be
Reading what I'm reading now
"Mister and Mistress
Harrison Carter
Are pleased to pass the word
Of the recent marriage
Of their daughter Judy
To John Mason Whitney the Third
John Mason Whitney the Third"