Old Mister Absent-Minded, that's me Just as forgetful as I can be I've got the strangest sort of 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, 'til all she had were gone I kept her serving doughnuts, 'til 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 stagedoor canteen I left my heart at the stage door canteen I left it there with a girl named Eileen I kept her serving doughnuts, 'til all she had were gone I kept her serving doughnuts, 'til she caught on