Travelin` Soldier Lyrics

Travelin` Soldier lyrics

Tow days past eighteen

He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens

Sat
down in a booth a café there

Gave his order to the girl with a bow in her
hair

He's a little shy but 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 sat on the pier

He said I bet you got a boyfriend and I don't
care

I've got no one to send my letters to

Would you mind if I sent one
back here to you



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

My 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



Well the letters came

>From an army camp

In California
then Vietnam

And he talked about his heart

It might be love

And all
of the things he was so scared of

Said when it's gettin kinda tough over
here

I think about that day sittin' down at the pier

And close my eyes
I see you pretty smile

Now don't worry but I won't be able to write for a
while



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

My 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

The man said folks bow your heads

For the list of
local Vietnam dead

Crying all alone under the stands

Was a piccolo
player in the marching band

And one name read and no one really
cared

But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair