Traveling Soldier Lyrics

Traveling Soldier lyrics

Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat
down in a booth at a 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
So 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 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?

CHORUS:
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 of 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 a
while

CHORUS:
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

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 dead...
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

CHORUS:
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