Travelin' Soldier歌词

Two days past eighteen

He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me
I'm feeling 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 got no one to send a letter 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

Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone when the letter said

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 getting 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

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 said
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 a list of local Vietnam dead

Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read but nobody really cared

But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

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 said
A soldier's coming

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 said
A soldier's coming home