Old Mister Absent-Minded, that's me

Just as forgetful as I can be

I've got the strangest sort of a mind

I'm always leaving something behind



I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen

I left it there with a girl named Eileen



I kept her serving doughnuts

Till all she had were gone

I sat there dunking doughnuts

Till she caught on



I must go back to the army routine

And every doughboy knows what that will mean



A soldier boy without a heart

Has two strikes on him from the start

And my heart's at the Stage Door Canteen