Story Behind The Song

There is a Naval Base in Australia called Jervis Bay. It is about the women there.

Song Description

conversation with another woman about waiting for her husband, and relating similar situations amongst people I know.

Lyrics

?Naval Wife? Meryl Leppard c May 1985


Excuse me if I?m being too familiar
I know we only met late yesterday
I usually don?t intrude like this, forgive me
It was something that I overheard you say


It?s funny how the simple things stay with you
When the drama of a life can fade way
I remember you, one afternoon in winter
You were standing on the pier at Jervis Bay

You were looking out to see
Waiting for the love of your life
It?s hard, being a Naval wife.


My sister had a lover in the Navy
She only saw him briefly, home on leave
He had a secret mission in the arctic
She took a correspondence course in geography

She stood looking out to sea
Waiting for the love in her life
It?s hard, being a naval wife


It took her a year or more to get over him
First loves are the hardest ones to forget
Forgiving doesn?t come easily
She still smiles at sailors
Says she can?t help herself


I?ve noticed something strange while we?ve been talking
The women in this town all look the same
They have a sort of hunger on their faces
Weary eyes, all quite unashamed, they stand

Looking out to sea
Waiting for the men in their lives
It?s hard, being a Naval wife
Far too hard, being a Naval wife
I could never stand
Being a Naval wife.