Travelin Solider Lyrics

Travelin Solider lyrics

Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat
down in a booth café there
Gave his order to the girl with a bow in her
hair
he's a little shy so she gave him a smile
And he said would you mind
sittin' down for a while
And talkin' to me I'm feelin' a little low
She
said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and
they sat on the pier
He said I'll bet you got a boyfriend but I don't
care
I've got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one
back here to you?

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I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of
another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a
travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come
back again
Never more to be alone
When the letter says a soldier's coming
home

So the letters came
From an army camp
In California then
Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love
And all of the
things he was so scared of 
He said when it's gettin kinda rough over
here
I think that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and
see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for
awhile

CHORUS

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's
Prayer said and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your
heads
For the list of local Vietnam deaths
Cryin' all alone under the
stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and
no body really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her
hair

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